Editors Peter Isler and Jeremy McGeary worked with lead writer Harry Munns to compile a beautifully designed and thoroughly researched manual that covers all of ASA's 101 course. The American Sailing Association recently published Sailing Made Easy, perhaps the most comprehensive learn-to-sail guide on bookshelves today. Tim Gregoire, Sailing Magazine, July 2010 Sailing education just got a face-lift. A glossary contains common sailing terms and chapter quizzes let students test their understanding of the material. At 120 pages, the textbook features a water-resistant cover and is color coded and indexed for easy reference. That writing is thanks to a team of expert sailing instructors led by coeditors Peter Isler and Jeremy McGreary. Moreover, the writing is not a stale recitation of do's and don'ts, but will hold a reader's interest, making learning fun, as it should be.
Text is clear and concise, and the book's layout just makes sense, with each topic given its own two-page spread that allows students to seamlessly progress through subjects as they build on their knowledge of sailing skills. Learning to sail is primarily a visual process, and Sailing Made Easy gets it right with high-quality, detailed illustrations and photographs. The superbly produced textbook, which will serve as the new official textbook for the ASA's Basic Keelboat course, is the perfect tool for learning the basics of sailing. Looking at the newly published Sailing Made Easy, it is easy to see that those four years were time well spent. When I first met American Sailing Association Executive Director Charlie Nobles four years ago he told me the association was in the process of updating its instructional sailing books.
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