This tour through the magic of sailing will improve your skills while satisfying your curiosity. It explains the alchemy whereby rudder, sail and keel transform air into motion, how a boat sails into the wind and mediates between water and wind, how a keel provides lift, and more.

The Science of Sailing: Why Boats Float, How They Sail, and Other Mysteries

Engineering & Transportation

HUNTER, Douglas

Killing, Steve

Transportation

McGraw=Hill

At last, sailboat design explained in a way that all boat owners can understand and put to use. The first guide to design aimed at every sailor, Yacht Design Explained uses state-of-the-art graphics, dynamic charts and photographs, and clear explanations to show what makes hulls, keels, ballast, rudders, foils, masts, and sails work. It reveals why certain designs perform well and others fail. The authors examine a range of boats, from a 14-foot dinghy to a 40-foot cruiser, from a catamaran to an offshore singlehander. They break through the often confusing physics of yacht design to provide an understanding that sailors can use to get the most out of their time afloat. Photographs, illustrations, charts

Yacht Design Explained: A Boat Owner's Guide to the Principles and Practice of Design

HUNTER, Doug

W.W.Norton&Company

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