Higher Performance Sailing
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Higher Performance Sailing

Faster Handling Techniques

Frank Bethwaite

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Higher Performance Sailing

Faster Handling Techniques

Frank Bethwaite

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'Monumental!' - Bob Ross, Australian Sailing
High Performance Sailing is
now regarded as the bible of racing sailors and carries a string of
endorsements from high achievers. Since its publication in 1984, racing
yachts and dinghies have developed out of all recognition - a new
high-tech breed of 'apparent wind' fast racers has claimed the water
and so far no-one has applied themselves seriously to analysing what
makes these boats sail fast (and what will make them faster). This is Frank Bethwaite's ground-breaking achievement in Higher Performance Sailing.
By means of extensive research, and working with sailors of different
racing calibre, Bethwaite analyses how to harness the apparent wind
for increased speed and better position on your rivals. Higher Performance Sailing will
provide the key to racing sailors' dreams. Praise for Bethwaite's High Performance Sailing: 'It represents a breakthrough...It is a book that my Olympic squad will benefit from.' Rod Carr, former British Olympic Sailing Team Manager 'Allowed only one "if only" in yacht racing, it would have been to have read Higher Performance Sailing years ago.' Bob Fisher, journalist, broadcaster and international championship winner

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Publisher
Adlard Coles
Year
2013
ISBN
9781472901316
Edition
1
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Aviation
Index
Technology & Engineering
capsizes.
These 
racing 
fleets 
attracted 
big 
audiences,
and 
substantial 
gambling 
by 
both 
crews 
and 
spectators
became 
a 
strong 
feature 
of
the 
activity.
But 
success 
at 
this 
level 
begets 
envy,
and 
the 
sandbaggers 
offended 
the 
‘establishment’
sailors 
in 
three 
ways.
The 
New 
York 
establishment 
of
the 
day 
followed 
English 
sailing 
culture,
in 
which 
the 
ideal 
yacht 
was
deemed 
to 
be 
a 
conservative 
craft 
as 
opposed 
to 
a 
dinghy-like 
craft 
with 
movable 
ballast.
But 
these 
conser-
vative 
craft 
simply 
could 
not 
match 
the 
speed 
of
the 
wide,
light,
shallow 
‘skimming 
dish’
sandbaggers 
that
carried 
no 
fixed 
ballast,
but 
in 
which 
strong 
hefters 
moved 
bags 
of
sand 
or 
gravel 
onto 
the 
windward 
gunwale
on 
each 
tack.
The 
Origins 
of 
High 
Performance
9
Fig 
1.3 
Sandbagger 
racing
Pluck 
and 
Luck
LOA 
23ft 
7in,
beam
10ft,
draught 
1ft 
9in,
built 
in 
1875
by 
Jake 
Schmidt.
Courtesy 
of 
Robin
Elliott.
LOA 
27ft 
3in,
beam 
11ft,
draught
1ft 
9in.
Courtesy 
of 
Robin 
Elliott.
Fig 
1.1 
Lines 
of 
Una
A 
small 
sandbagger-type 
dinghy,
built 
in 
1952 
by 
Cap’n 
Bob 
Fish,
New 
York.
Courtesy 
of 
Robin 
Elliott.
Fig 
1.2 
Lines 
of 
sandbagger
Bella
(faded 
lines
restored)

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