Fully updated, this authoritative and richly illustrated standard reference offers the latest information on rig design, sail construction and trim, wind-sail interaction, and the structure of the wind. From his 40 years of research and wind-tunnel tests, acknowledged expert Marchaj describes how these factors affect sail power and why certain rigs are superior in power and efficiency. Accessible and nonmathematical, this major work represents the cutting-edge wisdom on sailboat performance and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of this absorbing, complex subject.

Sail Performance : Techniques to Maximize Sail Power

Sports & Outdoors

Marchaj, C.A.

Water Sports

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Sailing Theory and Practice

Science & Math

Technology

Dodd, Mead, Co.

A Polish scientist and sailor offers a technical discussion of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics in relation to yacht design and performance

Sailing Theory and Practice (English and Polish Edition)

Putnam Pub. Group

Sail Performance: Theory and Practice

Adlard Coles Nautical

A survey of the seaworthiness of modern yacht designs, this book shows how modern yachts often sacrifice safety for speed and other considerations. It explains how ideas about design still need to be changed to prevent loss of life.

Seaworthiness: The Forgotten Factor

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Intl Marine Pub

Newly updated and revised, this critical analysis examines how the search for racing-yacht performance has led to the development of sailing yachts with potentially dangerous seakeeping characteristics. Based upon the highest degree of practical and academic research, it demonstrates how modern yacht design often sacrifices safety for speed and other considerations, and it maintains that dramatic changes in design philosophy are needed to prevent further loss of life at sea. This is a major work that will help change the thinking on popular design trends for both racing and cruising yachts.

Seaworthiness

Tiller Publishing

The international classic work of reference for anyone wishing to understand the factors governing the performance of a sailing boat. A new Appendix in this Third Edition presents a simple graphic method for predicting a yacht's behavior.

Aero-Hydrodynamics of Yachts

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