Fernhust Books have updated 'The Mirror Book - Mirror sailing from start to finish' and the new edition will be launched at the Southampton Boat Show on Friday 14th September on the ChartCo stand (J052) at 2.30pm.
The UK Mirror Class Association have contributed to this update and it is endorsed by Dave Wade, double Mirror National Champion, who says: “Armed with this book, your understanding of Mirror sailing techniques will grow, and your results will improve. I thoroughly recommend it.”
Packed with practical advice and illustrated with step-by-step photographs, this book teaches you how to sail the UK's most iconic and best loved dinghy. Learn all the essentials, form sailing theory and rigging to faster upwind and downwind sailing. Peter Aitken, the UK National Mirror Coach in 2008 and Tim Davidson, a successful racer, reveal the basics and show how to outsmart the opposition. This book includes Bermuda and Gunter rigs, centre mainsheets & flyaway pole systems.
Published by Fernhurst Books as part of their Start to Finish series, as a paperback and eBook, The Mirror Book will be available to buy from all good bookshops, websites and direct from www.fernhurstbooks.com
The 2017 Annual General Meeting of the UK Mirror Class Association will be held after Nationals sailing on the 26th July at Restronguet Sailing Club.
RYA Racing will have an experienced new hand at the helm with the announcement that Ian Walker MBE is to take up the Director of Racing position this autumn.
This unique and fun evening with Ian Walker MBE will be held at the Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel, 33 Packington Hill, Kegworth, Derby DE74 2DF on 17th February at 7pm. This event is hosted by Burton Sailing Club so if you love sailing or have an interest in sailing this is a great opportunity to meet one of the best in the business.
The November edition of Yachting World magazine has put the International Mirror Dinghy at Number 7 in its list of the 50 yachts that changed the way we sail. There is a great article about this in today's Daily Mirror newspaper and on the Daily Mirror Website .
