Globe Pequot / Sheridan House
Pages: 280
Trim: 7½ x 9¾
978-1-57409-000-0 • Paperback • January 1996 • $35.00 • (£30.00)
After five years of working in medical physics in the U.S., Ross Garrett returned to New Zealand to teach and research nuclear physics, which he combined with racing small catamarans and trailer sailers. The Symmetry of Sailing is based on a series of lectures given to amateur sailors at the University of Auckland.
Preface
Part I.
Chapter 1. The Symmetry of Sailing
Chapter 2. Downwind Sailing
Chapter 3. Upwind SAiling
Chapter 4. Sails
Chapter 5. The Hull
Chapter 6. Dynamic Motion of a Yacht
Part II.
Chapter 7. More on Downwind Sailing
Chapter 8. Mathematical Extras on Upwinds Sailing
Chapter 9. Three Dimensional Lift Theory
Chapter 10. Further Hull Characteristics
Chapter 11. Some Details of Dynamic Motion
Bibliography
Appendices
Index
A technoid's delight....If you're willing to wade through it and spend some time scratching your head, there are enough nuggets here to make this a worthwhile read.
— Sailing World
Recommended to those yachtsmen who would add understanding to their experience.
— Lloyd's List