If you felt totally out of your depth during the recent America’s Cup racing, this book might just be what you need. Shoot the Breeze will teach you the language of the waves.
Author and keen sailor Sarah Ell regularly competes in yacht races at club and national level and has a history with a couple of New Zealand’s boating magazines so she certainly has the qualifications to teach us a thing or two about speaking yachtie.
If you don’t know your sheets from your tails, this light-hearted but factual guide to the bizarre language spoken by sailors will get you up to speed in no time.