The Symmetry of Sailing: The Physics of Sailing for Yachtsmen

Type

Book

Authors

Ross Garrett

ISBN 10

1574090003

ISBN 13

9781574090000

ISSN

30000248

Tags

Ships, Marine Engineering, Sailing

Description

Here is a detailed study of the motive forces of a yacht written in clear and accessible terms. The author has the rare gift of enabling his readers to relate the nautical phenomena with which they are so familiar to a scientific explanation of how and why these occur. The first part covers downwind sailing, upwind sailing, sails, the hull, and the dynamic motion of a yacht. Part Two is devoted to more mathematical explanations of the same phenomena for those requiring a more scientific approach. - from Amzon

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