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Harold Augustin Calahan
Softcover
346 pages
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Learning to Sail
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This classic guide for the first-time sailor centers on the small sailboat. The author, who assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, begins with the selection of a first boat and conveys enough information to enable anyone to take out a small boat and bring her in safely.
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