Wikipedia:WikiProject Sailing

Welcome to WikiProject Sailing. This WikiProject has been formed as a collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of sailing and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic.

If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Scope
This WikiProject proposes to work on the activity of sailing including equipment, disciplines, boats, manufacturers, designers and anything else we can think of.

Goals

 * To grow a group of active experienced members who are interested in Sailing in all its forms and will contribute to the development of sailing related articles, categories, images and templates.
 * To expand the base of well-written articles with in-depth content that Wikipedians can use for encyclopedic reference.
 * To establish and maintain properly constructed categorization to enable the novice and expert alike to easily navigate and find chosen topics and all related articles.

Participants
Please feel free to add your details below and indicate areas of particular interest.

(See also Category:WikiProject Sailing participants)

Userbox
Please feel free to add User WikiProject Sailing to your user page:

Popular Pages
Most viewed pages from WikiProject Sailing

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 * Sunday Times Golden Globe Race

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 * Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
 * Andrew Simpson (sailor)

Collaboration and review

 * Collaboration of the week
 * Forces on sails: Look at the discussion at Talk:Forces on sails and elsewhere in the Talk page, which I have just tied to this project. There are two parallel efforts, one in the main article and one in the sandbox. It appears that the two editors are unlikely to reach a consensus as to which approach is more appropriate to WP:MOS. It would help, if other editors would look at both efforts and comment at the Reorganization? section. Sincerely, User:HopsonRoad 00:27, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Peer review
 * WikiProject Sailing/New articles - lists new articles and articles recently improved, for editorial review
 * WikiProject Sailing/Articles needing work - lists articles in need of attention from editors
 * Assessment

Article Template
WikiProject Sailing is our main tag for article pages. The template looks like:

Please use the whole string of:   when tagging.

User Invite Template
To invite an editor to participate in WikiProject Water sports, please incite them to the project with the following template.

To place the template on a users talk page, just use: Sailing invite

Navigational Sailing Templates
Most templates are listed here: Category:Sailing navigational boxes

Article Navigation Templates
These are a selection of navigation templates placed at the bottom of articles. See a full listing at Category:Sailing navigational boxes.

Sailing Infobox templates
Selection of infobox related to sailing below. See a full listing at Category:Sailing_infobox_templates.

Categories

 * Category:Sports
 * Category:Water sports


 * Category:Yachts
 * Category:Dinghies
 * Category:Keelboats
 * Category:Catamarans
 * Category:Trimarans
 * Category:Pentamarans


 * Category:Sailing
 * Category:Ropework
 * Category:Sailing by country
 * Category:Sailing equipment
 * Category:Sailing expeditions
 * Category:Sailing manoeuvres
 * Category:Sailing navigational boxes
 * Category:Sailing races
 * Category:Sailing records
 * Category:Sailing rules & handicapping
 * Category:Sail training
 * Category:Sailing simulators
 * Category:Sailmakers
 * Category:Sailors
 * Category:Single-handed sailing
 * Category:Sailing vessels
 * Category:Works about sailing


 * Category:Maritime writers
 * Category:Yacht designers
 * Category:Multihull designers
 * Category:Yachts by type
 * Category:Years in sailing
 * Category:Sailing navigational boxes
 * Category:WikiProject Sailing


 * Category:Winds
 * Category:Marinas
 * Category:Marine engines
 * Category:Navigation
 * Category:Navigation

Related projects

 * WikiProject Water Sports
 * WikiProject Ships
 * Wikidata:WikiProject Sailing Improve the data about sailing in Wikidata

Reference materials
I have accumulated a few books on boating and sailing over the years, and list them below. Anyone writing an article is welcome to contact me at: kevinmurray@sbcglobal.net for help in research or to help establish notability for an article. --Kevin Murray (talk) 21:04, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

General Boating Topics

 * Rousmaniere, John, (1999), The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, Simon & Shuster
 * Chapman Book of Piloting (various contributors) (1999), Hearst Corporation
 * Lenfestey, Thompson, (1994), The Sailor’s Illustrated Dictionary, The Lyons Press
 * Calder, Nigel, (2001), Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook, McGraw Hill
 * Roberts, John & Susan, (1997) Why Didn’t I Think of That? (Tips from 122 Sailors), International Marine

Sailing Skills

 * Herreshoff, Halsey (consulting editor), (1983,), The Sailor’s Handbook, Little Brown and Company
 * Seidman, David, (1995) The Complete Sailor, International Marine Publishing
 * Jobson, Gary, (1987) Sailing Fundamentals, Simon & Shuster
 * Munns Harry (1991) Cruising Fundamentals, International Marine Publishing
 * Gladstone, Bill, (2003), Trim, North U Publishing
 * Golding, Mike, (1999) Racing Skipper, Fernhurst Books
 * Dedekam, Ivar, (2001), Sail & Rig Tuning, Fernhurst Books

Boat Manufacturers and Models
(history & specifications)
 * Practical Boat Buying (editors of Practical Sailor), (1992), Belvoir Publications Inc.
 * Mate, Ferenc, (1982) Best Boats to Build or Buy, Albatross Publishing House
 * Mate, Ferenc, (2003), The World’s Best Sailboats, Albatross Books
 * Kretschmer, John, (2002), Used Boat Notebook, Sheridan House Inc.
 * Nestor, Gregg, (2007), Twenty Affordable Boats, Paradise Cay Publications
 * Jones, Gregory, (2002, The American Sailboat, MBI Publishing Company
 * Spurr, Daniel, (2000), Heart of Glass, International Marine Publishing

Geography

 * Mehaffy, Carolyn & Bob, (1999), Cruising Guide to San Francisco Bay, Paradise Cay Publications

Mechanics

 * Gerr, Dave, (2001), Propeller Handbook, International Marine Publishing

History

 * MacTaggart, (2001) The Golden Century of Motor Yachts 1830 -1930, WW Norton & Co.Inc.