The 40-knot sailboat.
By: By Bernard Smith, Chief Engineer, Bureau of Naval Weapons
Contributors: LINE DRAWINGS BY SUSAN IDA SMITH
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Sailboats.; Hydrofoil boats.
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.
Description: (Cover)
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.
Notes: Illustrations: p. [XI]-XII  52 figures
Bibliography: p. [135]-136.
Table of contents: pagenum: xiii
class: chapter
title: FOREWORD; pagenum: 1
class: part
title: THE DISCLOSURES; title: History of the Sailboat Problem
class: part
label: PART ONE; pagenum: 9
label: I
class: part
title: ORIGINS OF THE SAILBOAT; pagenum: 19
label: II
class: part
title: ANCIENT APPROACHES TO THE SOLUTION; pagenum: 33
label: III
class: part
title: MODERN APPROACHES TO THE SOLUTION; title: History of the Aerohydrofoil
class: part
label: PART TWO; pagenum: 53
label: IV
class: part
title: THE CHINA LAKE INVENTIONS; pagenum: 65
label: V
class: part
title: THE NEWPORT INVENTIONS; pagenum: 71
label: VI
class: part
title: THE WASHINGTON INVENTIONS; title: Technical Summary
class: part
label: PART THREE; pagenum: 79
title: THE FIRST OBSTACLE (A Short Course in Hydrodynamics)
class: part
label: VII; pagenum: 91
title: THE SECOND OBSTACLE (A Short Course in Aerodynamics)
class: part
label: VIII; pagenum: 99
label: IX
class: part
title: THE THEORY OF THE AEROHYDROFOIL; pagenum: 107
title: LIFTING HYDROFOILS
class: part
label: X; pagenum: 113
label: XI
class: part
title: THE LIFTING AEROHYDROFOIL; pagenum: 119
title: DESIGN OF THE AEROHYDROFOIL
class: part
label: XII; pagenum: 127
class: part
title: THE POTENTIALS; pagenum: 131
class: part
title: APPENDIX: SIMPLE THEORY OF SAILING; pagenum: 135
class: part
title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; pagenum: 137
class: part
title: INDEX