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The Symmetry of Sailing

The Physics of Sailing for Yachtsmen

by Ross Garrett

1996

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…

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