Float your boat! :
Denny, Mark, 1953-
Float your boat! : the evolution and science of sailing / Mark Denny. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. - 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-257) and index.
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 lift and drag -- A lot of torque -- Flying through water -- Windsurfing.
9780801890093 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2008013283
Sailing.
Sailboats--Design and construction.
Sails--Aerodynamics.
VK543 / .D45 2009
623.88
Float your boat! : the evolution and science of sailing / Mark Denny. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. - 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-257) and index.
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 lift and drag -- A lot of torque -- Flying through water -- Windsurfing.
9780801890093 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2008013283
Sailing.
Sailboats--Design and construction.
Sails--Aerodynamics.
VK543 / .D45 2009
623.88