Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing

by Mark Denny

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801890098
• ISBN13: 9780801890093
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher