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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Visions of an unfettered mind
Bernard Smith is a genius. This book, and anything else you can find by him, are required reading if you're interested in proas, high speed sailing, or just a very smart engineer's logical look at how to move fast on water powered by the wind. Starting with models, he works his way up to full sized speed sailing designs. One very nice thing is that Mr Smith was never a...
Published on January 19, 2009 by K. ONeill
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth much.
This book is interesting but really doesn't give much usable information for the boat builder. There is some talk about theory but nothing of any help to someone who might want to build any boats.
Published on January 12, 2009 by D. Hall
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Visions of an unfettered mind,
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This review is from: Sailloons and Fliptackers: The Limits to High-Speed Sailing (Library of Flight Series) (Hardcover)
Bernard Smith is a genius. This book, and anything else you can find by him, are required reading if you're interested in proas, high speed sailing, or just a very smart engineer's logical look at how to move fast on water powered by the wind. Starting with models, he works his way up to full sized speed sailing designs. One very nice thing is that Mr Smith was never a professional boat designer, so he tells the truth about what worked, what didn't, and what broke. Boats like Sailrocket owe everything to him, as they've said themselves; if you think SR is cool, read this and you'll understand better where it came from. I've read my copy about fifteen times, and will again. Highly recommended.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth much.,
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This review is from: Sailloons and Fliptackers: The Limits to High-Speed Sailing (Library of Flight Series) (Hardcover)
This book is interesting but really doesn't give much usable information for the boat builder. There is some talk about theory but nothing of any help to someone who might want to build any boats.
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Sailloons and Fliptackers: The Limits to High-Speed Sailing (Library of Flight Series) by Bernard Smith (Hardcover - Jan. 1989)
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