The twelve fundamental elements of successful sailing from a gold medal winning coach and sailor. This book will help you to succeed on the water whether your aim is club, national, international (or even Olympic) level. With detailed analysis, challenging exercises and useful top tips throughout, everything is covered: from targets, goal setting and a winning mental attitude to boat handling, strategy and tactics (plus lots more). Handy diagrams on almost every page help to clarify complex concepts and scenarios, and brilliant action photographs bring the text to life. The foreword is written by the London 2012 Laser Radial class gold medallist Lijia Xu, and each chapter is closed with not-to-be-missed advice from Olympic medallists – making this a must-have book for all sailors who aspire to great success. AUTHOR: Jon Emmett is a successful Laser Radial sailor, representing the UK internationally for over 15 years. A professional coach and expert dinghy sailor, he is a National, European and World champion, impressively having won the UK National Championships three times! He is the training officer for the UK Laser Association and coached Chinese Laser Radial sailing star Lijia Xu to a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. 42 colour photos, 100 diagrams