Put this on your christmas list. (Or better still buy your own copy today) The Rules in Practice 2009-2012 is out now.

The GB sailing team are certainly hauling in the medals. Congratulations to all - in particular Ben Ainslie for his third Olympic gold medal in the Finn, the Yngling team of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Whilson who also won gold, and the 470 silver medal winning duo Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield.

We're just holding our breath now for Paul Goodison who could just make gold on Tuesday in the Laser Radial.

If all this action in Quingdao is making you want to brush up your skills we recommend learning from the medal winners. Ben Ainslie may have moved on to the Finn but his book The Laser Campaign Manual is still hard to beat.

Paul Goodison's and Joe Glandfield share their racing knowledge with Jon Emmett in his book Be Your Own Sailing Coach