title: Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish: From Beginner to Advanced: The Perfect Guide to Improving Your Sailing Skills (Boating: Start to Finish)
author:  Barry Pickthall 
description: Barry Pickthall is a respected sports writer and photographer and has been covering all aspects of sailing and boating for the past 35 years, 20 of them as a yachting correspondent to The Times newspaper. He has been covering the international stage for the past 4 decades from the Olympics to America's Cup and Round the World Races. Barry is also a qualified sailing instructor  having graduated from one of the first courses held at the UKSA.
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  Sailing 
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  About the Tutorial 
  Sailing is a sport that deals with propelling your boat against the tide of water to reach 
  the destination for winning the competition. It is also known as Yachting. Sailing 
  competitions are known as Regatta.  
  This tutorial has been designed to provide basic information about Sailing along with its 
  rules and methods of playing.  
   
  Audience 
  This tutorial is meant for anyone who wants to learn the rules of Sailing. It is prepared 
  keeping in mind that the reader is unaware about the basics of the sport. It is a basic 
  guide to help a beginner understand this sport. 
   
  Prerequisites  
  Before proceeding with this tutorial, you are required to have a passion for Sailing and 
  an eagerness to acquire knowledge on the same.  
   
  Copyright & Disclaimer 
   Copyright 2016 by Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd.  
  All the content and graphics published in this e-book are the property of Tutorials Point 
  (I) Pvt. Ltd. The user of this e-book is prohibi