Fast handling technique : a companion and extension to hight performance sailing /: a companion and extension to hight performance sailing. (2013)
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- Book
- Title:
- Fast handling technique : a companion and extension to hight performance sailing /: a companion and extension to hight performance sailing. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Fast handling technique : a companion and extension to hight performance sailing
- Further Information:
- Note: Frank Bethwaite.
- Authors:
- Bethwaite, Frank
- Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 THE HISTORY OF HANDLING; 1.1 Starting Point; 1.2 The Evolution of the Natural Handling Technique; 1.3 The Evolution of the Fast Handling Technique; 1.4 The First Big Change -- The Big-Sail Era; 1.5 The Second Big Change -- The Development of the Planing Sailboat; 1.6 Personal Recollections; 1.7 The Third Big Change -- The Concept of Target Speed; 1.8 The Northbridge Sailing Club; 1.9 The Fourth Big Change -- Synchronised Coordination of the Manoeuvre Routines; 1.10 The 1967/68 Era; 1.11 The 1969/2007 Era. 1.12 The Fifth Big Change -- Steer for Balance at the Stability Limit1.6 Clive Park clubhouse; 1.5 Merlin on Wanganui river, c1937; 1.4 Patiki in Sydney; 1.3 Patiki at speed; 1.2 Sydney skiff; Fig 1.1 New York sandbaggers racing; 2 SET-UP; 2.1 Set-up; 2.2 Source of Camber, Twist, Heading, Trim, and Speed Examples in Light Air; 2.3 Set-up in Light Air; 2.4 Camber in Light Air; 2.5 Effect of Twist; 2.6 Light Air Summary in Breeze; 2.7 Properties of Breeze; 2.8 The Design Wind; 2.9 Effect of Camber; 2.10 Twist to Windward in Breeze; 2.11 Set-up Progression. 2.12 To Windward in 6 to 12 Knots (Object -- Maximum VMG)2.13 To Windward in 12 to 25 Knots (Object -- Maximum VMG -- Upright); 2.14 Set-up Progression -- 12 to 25 Knots; 2.15 Favourable Dynamic Changes; 2.16 Sailing Cross-wind; 2.17 Movement of the Apparent Wind when Reaching; 2.18 Camber when Reaching; 2.19 The Design Wind when Reaching; 2.20 AsCover; Title page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 THE HISTORY OF HANDLING; 1.1 Starting Point; 1.2 The Evolution of the Natural Handling Technique; 1.3 The Evolution of the Fast Handling Technique; 1.4 The First Big Change -- The Big-Sail Era; 1.5 The Second Big Change -- The Development of the Planing Sailboat; 1.6 Personal Recollections; 1.7 The Third Big Change -- The Concept of Target Speed; 1.8 The Northbridge Sailing Club; 1.9 The Fourth Big Change -- Synchronised Coordination of the Manoeuvre Routines; 1.10 The 1967/68 Era; 1.11 The 1969/2007 Era. 1.12 The Fifth Big Change -- Steer for Balance at the Stability Limit1.6 Clive Park clubhouse; 1.5 Merlin on Wanganui river, c1937; 1.4 Patiki in Sydney; 1.3 Patiki at speed; 1.2 Sydney skiff; Fig 1.1 New York sandbaggers racing; 2 SET-UP; 2.1 Set-up; 2.2 Source of Camber, Twist, Heading, Trim, and Speed Examples in Light Air; 2.3 Set-up in Light Air; 2.4 Camber in Light Air; 2.5 Effect of Twist; 2.6 Light Air Summary in Breeze; 2.7 Properties of Breeze; 2.8 The Design Wind; 2.9 Effect of Camber; 2.10 Twist to Windward in Breeze; 2.11 Set-up Progression. 2.12 To Windward in 6 to 12 Knots (Object -- Maximum VMG)2.13 To Windward in 12 to 25 Knots (Object -- Maximum VMG -- Upright); 2.14 Set-up Progression -- 12 to 25 Knots; 2.15 Favourable Dynamic Changes; 2.16 Sailing Cross-wind; 2.17 Movement of the Apparent Wind when Reaching; 2.18 Camber when Reaching; 2.19 The Design Wind when Reaching; 2.20 As Full as Practicable; 2.21 When Heading for a Mark; 2.22 When Tacking Downwind; 2.23 Back to Light Air; 2.24 In Breeze; 2.25 New Game-Changing Designs; 2.26 Running -- Basic Principles; 2.8 Dynamics of 49er gybe. 2.7 Apparent wind angles when sailing at 1.5 &#x; wind speed2.6 Apparent wind angles when sailing at half wind speed; 2.5 49er in gust; 2.4 B-14 in design wind; 2.3 Set-up Progression; 2.2 Change of coeffs of lift and drag camber; 2.1 Effect of different set-ups on speed; 3 THE REAL WIND; 3.1 Wind; 3.2 Wind Speed; 3.3 Gusts and Lulls; 3.5 The Gust Onslaught; 3.7 An Update about Gusts; 3.8 Hills, Heat, and the Surface Wind -- Using Gusts for Tactical Advantage; 3.9 Hills and No Heat; 3.11 Hills and Heat; 3.12 Divergent Flow within Gusts; 3.13 How Many Gusts?; 3.14 How Long within the Gust? 3.15 Potential Advantage3.16 Summary Section re Gusts; 3.16 Gust footprint and sailors' tracks; 3.15 Upper Middle Harbour; 3.14 Brisbane River; 3.10 Heat and No Hills; 3.13 Evans Bay; 3.12 Visual summary of three winds; 3.6 The Spectrum of Unsteadiness, and the Energy of Heat; 3.11 U2A trace of light air heated; 3.10 U2A trace of 20 knot breeze, cooled; 3.9 U2A trace of 10 knot breeze, heated; 3.8 U2A trace of 10 knot breeze, cooled; 3.7 U2A trace of 6 knot breeze, heated; 3.6 U2A trace of 6 knot breeze cooled; 3.5 U2A trace of light air heated; 3.4 U2A trace of light air cooled. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Adlard coles Nautical, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 797.14
Boating
Yacht racing -- Technological innovations
Sailing -- Technological innovations
Yacht racing -- Technique
Sailing -- Technique
Sailing -- Technological innovations
Yacht racing
Yachting
Yachts
Sports & Recreation -- Boating
Sports & Recreation -- Sailing
Sailing
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- English
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- 9781408178607
1408178605
9781408155936
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