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An edition of The 40-knot sailboat (1963)

The 40-knot sailboat.

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Introducing the AEROHYDROFOIL, a revolutionary development in sailing craft that breaks the 5,000-year-old speed barrier
(Dust Jacket)
From ancient times seemingly insurmountable barriers have thwarted man's attempts to increase substantially the speed of sailboats. Now, at last, a new application of airfoils and hydrofoils, replacing the speed-limiting elements of hull, sails, and ballast, makes possible speeds never before attained by any sailing vessel. This is an exciting new concept for everyone who is fascinated by speed, the sea, and ships.

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Grosset & Dunlap
Language
English
Pages
140

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Subjects
Hydrofoil boats, Sailboats

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Cover of: The 40-knot sailboat.
The 40-knot sailboat.
1963, Grosset & Dunlap
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1963, Harrap
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1963, Harrap
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First Sentence

"(Foreword) Preparing this book on a new kind of sailboat for both technical and nontechnical audiences became so complex a problem that the final decision to write the equivalent of three books came as a relief."

Table of Contents

FOREWORD Page xiii
THE DISCLOSURES Page 1
PART ONE. History of the Sailboat Problem
I. ORIGINS OF THE SAILBOAT Page 9 II. ANCIENT APPROACHES TO THE SOLUTION Page 19 III. MODERN APPROACHES TO THE SOLUTION Page 33
PART TWO. History of the Aerohydrofoil
IV. THE CHINA LAKE INVENTIONS Page 53 V. THE NEWPORT INVENTIONS Page 65 VI. THE WASHINGTON INVENTIONS Page 71
PART THREE. Technical Summary
VII. THE FIRST OBSTACLE (A Short Course in Hydrodynamics) Page 79 VIII. THE SECOND OBSTACLE (A Short Course in Aerodynamics) Page 91 IX. THE THEORY OF THE AEROHYDROFOIL Page 99 X. LIFTING HYDROFOILS Page 107 XI. THE LIFTING AEROHYDROFOIL Page 113 XII. DESIGN OF THE AEROHYDROFOIL Page 119 THE POTENTIALS Page 127 APPENDIX: SIMPLE THEORY OF SAILING Page 131 BIBLIOGRAPHY Page 135 INDEX Page 137

Edition Notes

Illustrations: p. [XI]-XII 52 figures
Bibliography: p. [135]-136.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
623.823
Library of Congress
VM362 .S56

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 140 p.
Number of pages
140

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5886480M
Internet Archive
40knotsailboat00smit
LCCN
63018980
OCLC/WorldCat
1394738

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