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Sail power

by Wallace Ross · first published 1975

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  • joshuaheard · Oct 8, 2014 · Recommends

    …However, the flat keel underwater prevents the boat from sliding downwind, with the result that the boat is forced forward. I recommend you read this book for your next version: http://www.amazon.com/Sail-Power-Complete-Guide-Handling/dp/...

    on “Show HN: Sail boat simulation – try to sail into the wind” ↗
  • laxatives · Dec 23, 2015 · Mentions

    …unless you have a lot of practice, but extremely useful to at least understand some of the strategies to memorizing strings Understanding Weatherfax - for an attempted (and failed) circumnavigation Sail Power Kon Tiki Shogun Art of the Sailor Business Adventures Metamorphoses (by Ovid, not Kafka) Guns, Germs, Steel Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - this book had so many rave reviews. it…

    on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗

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