Knots, More Than Fifty of the Most Useful Knots for Camping, Sailing, Fishing, and Climbing
Provides expert instruction on how to tie knots correctly and safely. Gives full guidance on selecting right knot for a specific situation. Features lots of useful information on rope technology. Includes stopper knots, loops, hitches, shortenings, running knots, and angling knots
Easy-to-follow illustrations and detailed instructions show readers how to tie seventy knots, useful for such activities as fishing, sailing, camping, mountaineering, decorating, magic tricks, and many other applications.
Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, Physics of Sailing provides a lively, easily accessible introduction to the basic science underlying the sport of sailing. It illustrates the many ways physics can be used to understand the principles of sailboat propulsion and how a scientific understanding of the boat, wind, and water can lead to more skillful sailing.
Fast Track to Sailing: Learn to Sail in Three Days
THE LEARN-TO-SAIL BOOK FOR WHEN YOU ARE IN A HURRY TO GAIN YOUR SEA LEGS At the Offshore Sailing School, the Colgates have taught more than 100,000 adults how to sail. Now they are making their proven instructional methods available to you so you can fulfill your sailing dreams in little time. Though designed around three days of intensive instruction, the book adapts easily to any learning pace. You can master the fundamentals in three days—or over a summer of leisurely sailing.
An estimated 4.1 million people in the United States participate in recreational sailing. Yet the large library of sailing literature leaves many of them high and dry. On one side are technical guides for America's Cup boat-builders; on the other, simplistic books for weekend sailors with little interest in science. In Float Your Boat! professional and amateur boaters alike will find intelligent and understandable answers to such questions as: What were the key innovations that made sailboats more efficient? How do you increase the speed of a boat?
