Float your boat! : the evolution and science of sailing

Float your boat! : the evolution and science of sailing / Mark Denny.

"In Float Your Boat! professional and amateur boaters alike will find intelligent and understandable answers to such questions as: What were the key innovations that made sailboats more efficient? How do you increase the speed of a boat? How do sailboats travel into the wind? Why are so many ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denny, Mark, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Sailing.
Sailboats > Design and construction.
Sails > Aerodynamics.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Sailboats > Design and construction
Sailing
Sails > Aerodynamics
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Table of Contents:
  • Evolution: from prehistory to the age of sail
  • Analysis: square-rigged ship motion
  • Evolution: from the age of sail to the modern yacht
  • Analysis: fore-and-aft boat motion-introducing life and drag
  • A lot of torque
  • Flying through water
  • Windsurfing.

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