The Sailor's Wind

Stuart H. Walker (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

1998
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-04555-0 (ISBN)

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Sailors from novices to experts will treasure this simple yet authoritative guide to the winds.

Stuart Walker's intelligent, straightforward explanation of why wind behaves as it does and what it is likely to do next draws upon his sixty-plus years of sailing experience and his vast knowledge of meteorology. The Sailor's Wind first describes each aspect of wind behavior in context—challenging readers to analyze wind flow as though they were experiencing it on the water—then explains what principles determined the wind's behavior, using recent meteorological research, instrumented observations, and studies of computer models. This book enables sailors not only to understand the wind but also to harness it.

Stuart H. Walker is professor of pediatrics emeritus at the University of Maryland Medical School and an international dinghy champion. He was a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team and the 1979 U.S. Pan-American Team.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.5.1998
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 244 mm
Gewicht	766 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-393-04555-2 / 0393045552
ISBN-13	978-0-393-04555-0 / 9780393045550
Zustand	Neuware