Sailing Books

Whether you have been pottering about in a dinghy or battling away in a screaming wind to be first over the line, settling down with your favourite boating book on sailing is a sure fire way to relax and enjoy yourself after a day on the water. Why not build up a library of suitable reading on yachting ?

Pottering about on the water, whether at sea or an inland lake is an absolute delight. With so many different types of craft to choose from, dinghies, crusing and racing yachts, powerboats and inflatables.

International competitive sailing – or yachting as it was then known - started in the mid-19th century when members of the New York Yachting Club raced British competitors around the Isle of Wight. It then became an Olympic sport in 1900.

Although in Paralympic terms sailing is a relatively new sport having been introduced at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games as a demonstration sport before being given full medal status in Sydney in 2000 - sailing for athletes with a disability began in the 1980s.