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Download or read book Sailing Uphill written by Sam McKinney and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam McKinney has spent many of the best parts of his life on the water -- sailing a dory along Canada's west coast, crewing on the deck of a river steamer, shipping out deep-sea in freighters across the Atlantic. In the middle of his life, when he sold the hull of an ocean-going sailboat which had absorbed two years of his love and labour, he looked at his boat-building shed and thought, "Hmm. With all this lumber, I could build a boat and go across the continent, instead". So he did. In the Gander he travelled up the Columbia and Snake rivers, down the Missouri, up the Mississippi and Illinois and on, ever eastward, to New York City. It took him four summers and three Ganders, one of which had to be abandoned in the mud of the upper Missouri, but he made it. This is a lovely and evocative memoir by a perceptive and thoughtful writer.
Book Synopsis Physics of Sailing by : John Kimball
Download or read book Physics of Sailing written by John Kimball and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. After a brief but insightful tour of the history of sailing, the book explores the physics involved in making faster sailing crafts for both upwind and downwind sailing, including Newton’s impact theory of fluid resistance and lift and drag phenomena. It compares possible sail shapes, presents measurements of hull smoothness, and describes wind turbulence, the nature of water waves, and the structure of wakes. Using the physics of optics, the author also explains the connection between water’s appearance and the wind. Along with a glossary of sailing terms, he includes many examples throughout to illustrate the concepts in practice. Avoiding unnecessary formalisms, this book skillfully applies the principles of fluid mechanics to sailboat technology and the art of sailing. It should help you become a more knowledgeable sailor.
Download or read book Sailing Uphill written by Gerald W. Mills and published by Paladin Timeless. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think of "sailing," the word, and all the idyllic images it evokes about visiting new and exciting places while enjoying sunny skies, refreshing free winds, crystal waters, aquatic life and gentle moonlight peeking between scudding clouds on balmy evenings. Imagine relaxing with a refreshing drink after each satisfying few hours of delight on the water, perhaps sharing experiences with other boaters and planning your next day's exciting, sun-blessed experience. Do these images tell a true story? Are they not similar to those seen on TV advertising far-away locations and water parks and perfect people, perfectly dressed for their perfect fun and the enjoyment promised? Do these images represent reality part of the time? Practically none of the time? Choose the last answer, and you'll be knocking on Truth's door. Could this true story be about a happily married, late middle-aged couple with limited finances, romantically cruising aboard a beautiful ocean-sailing yacht after years of nose-to-the-grindstone work, sacrifice, irony and setbacks? Sorry, no dice. Wrong story! The "adventures" unfolding in the following pages are not only at odds with armchair-reader myths about cruising under sail in general, but examine the subject of odds-that ratio of numbers expressing the probability of an event happening to the probability of its not happening. In a typical lottery with numbers ranging from one to fifty-two, the odds of success are billions to one. We should have chosen the lottery. Sailing was the easy part. Getting the darned boat to go uphill was the problem.
Download or read book Uphill All the Way written by Alan Sears and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called the world's toughest yacht race, the BT Global Challenge lived up to its name in every respect. Sailing 30,000 miles around the world the wrong way, the crews braved iceburgs, snowstorms and hurricane force winds. yet the fourteen identical yachts taking part were crewed by amateurs, many with little or no previous sailing experience.
Book Synopsis Higher Performance Sailing by : Frank Bethwaite
Download or read book Higher Performance Sailing written by Frank Bethwaite and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Monumental!' - Bob Ross, Australian Sailing High Performance Sailing is now regarded as the bible of racing sailors and carries a string of endorsements from high achievers. Since its publication in 1984, racing yachts and dinghies have developed out of all recognition - a new high-tech breed of 'apparent wind' fast racers has claimed the water and so far no-one has applied themselves seriously to analysing what makes these boats sail fast (and what will make them faster). This is Frank Bethwaite's ground-breaking achievement in Higher Performance Sailing. By means of extensive research, and working with sailors of different racing calibre, Bethwaite analyses how to harness the apparent wind for increased speed and better position on your rivals. Higher Performance Sailing will provide the key to racing sailors' dreams. Praise for Bethwaite's High Performance Sailing: 'It represents a breakthrough...It is a book that my Olympic squad will benefit from.' Rod Carr, former British Olympic Sailing Team Manager 'Allowed only one "if only" in yacht racing, it would have been to have read Higher Performance Sailing years ago.' Bob Fisher, journalist, broadcaster and international championship winner
Book Synopsis Catamaran Sailing Revised Edition by : Phil Berman
Download or read book Catamaran Sailing Revised Edition written by Phil Berman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999-04-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic guide to catamarans, updated to bring readers the latest for everyman's sailboat. Fast, inexpensive, versatile, and exciting, catamarans are one of America's most popular pleasure crafts. Here is a complete course in catamaran sailing for the beginner and the semi-experienced sailor who wants to become more skilled in the arts of tuning, handling, and racing cats. Included are sections on buying a cat, learning the basics, heavy weather sailing, racing tactics, surfing, and more. Includes a new chapter on how to use high-performance sails.
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Book Synopsis Bravest of The Brave by : Kittu Reddy
Download or read book Bravest of The Brave written by Kittu Reddy and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of classic short stories written by many eminent writers of early 20th century. This anthology is an attempt to build and rear a qualitative literary taste in children.
Download or read book Reason And Rhyme written by Ray Coleman and published by ShieldCrest. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a collection of short stories and related poems. The subject matter is drawn from all walks of life and reflects the life and times of characters who experience the challenges and uncertainty of a troubled world and the devastation visited upon them by unforgiving nature. Frailties and weakness stifle their aspirations and yet the human spirit often rises above adversity even in its most treacherous form to find a sanctuary in laughter and love. The book is a collection of short stories and related poems. The subject matter is drawn from all walks of life and reflects the life and times of characters who experience the challenges and uncertainty of a troubled world and the devastation visited upon them by unforgiving nature. Frailties and weakness stifle their aspirations and yet the human spirit often rises above adversity even in its most treacherous form to find a sanctuary in laughter and love.
Author :Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :9401732981 Total Pages :383 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis The Elemental Passion for Place in the Ontopoiesis of Life by : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Download or read book The Elemental Passion for Place in the Ontopoiesis of Life written by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the pioneering work in the field laid bare by the uncovering the Creative Condition of the human being in literature and fine arts, the elemental passion of place leads us through the creative imagination into the labyrinths of the ontopoiesis of life itself (Tymieniecka, in her inaugural study). Essays by A-T. Tymieniecka, Mary Catanzaro, W. Smith, Jadwiga Smith, L. Dunton-Downer, Jorge García Gomez, Ch. Eykmann, Marlies Kronegger, Eldon N. van Liere, Hans Rudnik make this collection a unique contribution to literary studies as well as to the metaphysics of life and of the human condition.
Book Synopsis Heart of the Raincoast by : Alexandra Morton
Download or read book Heart of the Raincoast written by Alexandra Morton and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1998, this updated edition has a brand-new cover and interior design, with a new foreword by Alexandra Morton. Billy Proctor was born in 1934 and has spent his entire life in a remote coastal community called Echo Bay, BC on an island off northern Vancouver Island. Proctor has always done the time-honoured work of generations of upcoast men—hand-logging, fishing, clam digging, repairing boats, beachcombing. But Billy eventually began to notice that the thriving runs of Pacific salmon, oolichans, and herring that he remembers from his early years were vanishing—some to near extinction—and he understood that it was time to take action. Heart of the Raincoast is the fascinating story of Billy Proctor’s life, and the wealth of knowledge and understanding that can only be gained from living in such close proximity to nature. The writing is funny, touching and honest—and offers an engaging insider’s view not only of the salmon, whales, eagles and independent people who populate Canada’s wild and lovely coastal rainforest, but on what we need to do to keep it as nature intended.
Book Synopsis To Follow the Water by : Dallas Murphy
Download or read book To Follow the Water written by Dallas Murphy and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In To Follow the Water, critically acclaimed author Dallas Murphy artfully recasts the story of human expansion and cultural development with the ocean playing the central role. Applying a novelist's eye for detail and a historian's drive for perspective, he connects the great ages of ocean exploration from Columbus, Magellan, and Cook to the development of modern oceanography. Taking the reader aboard the research vessels Oceanus and Ronald H. Brown, Murphy observes and participates in the practice of ocean science. Whether demonstrating the proper way to don a survival suit in an abandon-ship drill, actually operating oceanographic instruments, or just sitting down for a breakfast of Dramamine and blueberry pancakes, Murphy humorously evokes daily-life aboard these research vessels, unique amalgams of floating laboratories, heavy industry, delicate measurements, and brute force. By following the water, he and the reader discover that ocean currents, flowing on the surface and in the abyss like giant blood vessels, transport heat around the globe, thereby stabilizing and moderating our climate. The Gulf Stream, the best-known ocean current, is but one among many, each inseparable from the others and all inextricably linked to the atmosphere in determining the condition of our climate. There can be no sensible concept of climate that ignores the oceans, yet they have been largely left out of the climate and climate-change discussion. Letting scientists speak for themselves at sea and ashore, Murphy learns that oceanographers are not only observing and explaining the ocean's dynamic, global circulation, but also employing their skills, tools, and techniques to predict climate change. Their brilliant work is largely unknown outside of professional circles even though the role of the ocean is crucial to our understanding of global warming and climate change. To Follow the Water is an enlightening and entertaining voyage of discovery spanning the evolution of our relationship to the ocean, first as an impediment to human ambition, then as the pathway for Western expansion, and now, most important, as a subject of scientific study with immediate relevance to our future.
Book Synopsis The First Book in United States History by : Waddy Thompson
Download or read book The First Book in United States History written by Waddy Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Plays for Our American Holidays: Plays for special celebrations: including Mother's day, Children's day, Labor day, Columbus day, health week, music week, book week and Red cross week by : Robert Haven Schauffler
Download or read book Plays for Our American Holidays: Plays for special celebrations: including Mother's day, Children's day, Labor day, Columbus day, health week, music week, book week and Red cross week written by Robert Haven Schauffler and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Plays for special celebrations: including Mother's day, Children's day, Labor day, Columbus day, health week, music week, book week and Red cross week by : Robert Haven Schauffler
Download or read book Plays for special celebrations: including Mother's day, Children's day, Labor day, Columbus day, health week, music week, book week and Red cross week written by Robert Haven Schauffler and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Minimum Boat written by Sam Llewellyn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-01-06 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous collection of nautical observations promoting the simple boating lifestyle.
