markhamlin
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Each semester for math academy (in school) we have to write a research paper. For this semester, I chose to create my own topic which I chose to be "math in sailing". It's a pretty big subject, to how sailboats work even to navigation, so if it's hard to find info about math in how sailboats work, I'll stick to navigation.
Does anybody know about any books (or websites) about the design of sailboats, why things are centered where they are, daggerboard positioning, curvature of the hull, size/curvature of the blades, sail shape, mast position, mast rake effects... it'd all be helpful.
Thanks!
-Mark Hamlin
Does anybody know about any books (or websites) about the design of sailboats, why things are centered where they are, daggerboard positioning, curvature of the hull, size/curvature of the blades, sail shape, mast position, mast rake effects... it'd all be helpful.
Thanks!
-Mark Hamlin