Technical Articles
from the 1970's -- but still of interest today
SAIL Magazine Articles:
How_Sails_Really_Work, April 1973 Boundary Layer Flow and the Headsail, May 1973 How a Sail Gives Lift, June 1973 Another Look at Slot Effect, July 1973 More on the Slot Effect, August 1973 Why the Safe Leeward Works, September 1973 The Double Head Rig, October 1973 Checking Trim on the Wind, November 1973 Achieving Proper Balance, December 1973 Sailing to Windward, January 1974 Are You at Optimum Trim?, March 1974Sailing World Magazine:
What Goes Around Comes Around, April 1991 Fluid Dynamics -- How Modern Science and Sailing Discovered Each Other, May 1995Yachting Magazine:
Designer's Forum, Design of the Courageous Mast, February 1975Sea and Pacific Motor Boat Magazine
Rigging and Handling the Spinnaker, April 1970Downwind Tacking, February 1970
More Technical Papers
The Origins of Lift (348KB)The Aerodynamics of Sail Interaction (383KB)
A Review of Modern Sail Theory (453KB)
The Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Sails (568KB)
Studies of Mast Section Aerodynamics (248KB)
Sailboat Performance Testing Techniques (0.98MB)
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