If you are a sailor and have been on the internet for the past fortnight it will have been hard to miss the launch of Jon Emmett’s new sailing book, Be Your Own Sailing Coach. We say that because every sailing website we go to seems to be featuring it (well done to Jon for a sterling marketing effort on this one!).

Not to mention his Facebook page which has twice as many fans as ours

But Facebook rivalry aside, we have managed to twist Jon’s arm to give you a free chapter of his book, so here is the link: (more…)