Sails: The Way They Work and How to Make Them
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This book contains all the information a boatowner needs to fully understand how sails work, and how to design, make, repair and modify them. The do-it-yourself sailmaker can save as much as... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1574090305
ISBN13:9781574090307
Release Date:August 1998
Publisher:Sheridan House
Length:192 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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Rated 4 starsExcellent description of history, how, and why sails work.
By Thriftbooks.com User,
I've been sailing for 40+ years - raced dinghies up to boats across the Gulf of Mexico and this is the first time I ran into a clear (believable) explanation of how the sails work. Airplane wing - it takes longer on the curved side - Bernoulli - low pressure =s lift. I'm an engineer and have lived with that forever - but although a sail may be shaped like the upper edge of a plane's wing - it doesn't have any thickness...
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