Yacht Racing - The Aerodynamics of Sails and Racing Tactics
eBook - ePub

Yacht Racing - The Aerodynamics of Sails and Racing Tactics

  1. 590 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Yacht Racing - The Aerodynamics of Sails and Racing Tactics

About this book

A guide for racing yachtsman that is as useful today as when it was first published. Teaching the fundamentals of the start line, beating to windward, rounding a mark, wind abeam, before the wind. This book is a wonderful collection of anecdotes, tactics and case studies. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Information

Publisher
West Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781447481348
Print ISBN
9781447411314

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Preface
  4. Contents
  5. Part I: The Aerodynamics of Sails
  6. Part II: Racing Tactics