Tim Davison has owned 20 Lasers over 50 years and medalled at World and European championships. He is author of over 20 sailing books, with The Laser Book being his first and most successful, and the title that launched Fernhurst Books when first published in 1979. Jon Emmett is a successful ILCA 6 sailor, representing the UK internationally for over 15 years. A professional coach and expert dinghy sailor, he is a National, European and World champion, and has won the UK National Championships nine times (most recently in 2023)! He coached Chinese Laser Radial sailing star Lijia Xu to a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
“This book provides both the basics and so many of those details I spend my life looking for! This book tells you how. Jon Emmett has spent his life passionately involved in every level of the class. He has an unrivalled perspective on the class and what any sailor needs to know to improve. This latest ILCA Book provides excellent and up-to-date information that is valuable to any sailor … the best learning resource for the class.” (Micky Beckett, Team GBR ILCA 7 athlete, Paris 2024 Olympics)