Why Book Of Sailing

by Scott Welty

Overview

The science behind sailboats, told in layman's terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580805131
Publisher:	Burford Books
Publication date:	11/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	8 MB

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     viii
Foreword     ix
Introduction     xi
Floating Alone-Archimedes     1
Moving Through Wind and Water-Using Vectors     9
The Nature of Force-More Vectors     25
Torque-A Leveraged Deal     51
Navigation and Piloting-Old and New     67
Batteries and Lightning     101
Waves     125
Optics, Illusions, and Rainbows     143
Conservation and Cruising     159
A Final Word     171
Index     175