It is my opinion that this book is not what it purports to be. In my opinion, it does not even sound like an original work of authorship. Instead, I believe it is simply a reading of an arcane and outdated version of rules of yacht racing. I did not hear a single word that I believed was written by anyone other than a defunct rules committee. To make it even worse, the narrator obviously knows little or nothing about sailing or yacht racing. He horribly mispronounces the most obvious words descriptive of sailboat parts, directions in sailing, and types of sails. He is even unable to properly pronounce common language words not specific to the topic. He just drones on and on reciting largely incomprehensible rules and regulations.