book Yacht Racing The Aerodynamics of Sails New Revised Edition Manfred Curry

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book Yacht Racing The Aerodynamics of Sails New Revised Edition Manfred Curry
book Yacht Racing The Aerodynamics of Sails New Revised Edition Manfred Curry
Yacht Racing:
The Aerodynamics of Sails
NEW REVISED EDITION
By Manfred Curry
Printed in 1948
298 Pages  - Hardcover (9 inches tall)
Illustrations
CONDITION: VERY GOOD, light wear to cover. Dust jacket in plastic protector.
Manfred Curry (1899–1953) was a physician, inventor, sailor and author of American citizenship. He was born in Munich, Germany.
An accomplished athlete and yachtsman who represented the US at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, he sailed more than 1400 regattas many of which he won.[5] In later life he worked as a doctor specializing in bioclimates and became the self-proclaimed discoverer of the pseudoscientific phenomenon of "geomagnetic lines" or "Earth radiation" (ger. Erdstrahlen) called the Curry Grid.
In 1925, Curry wrote a pioneering book on yacht aerodynamics and racing tactics, published through to the present day and widely translated, describing how he undertook a scientific study on sailboat design, testing various rig configurations in a wind-tunnel at Göttingen. The significance of his book within yachting has been described by stating that he was the first to bring engineering analysis of the design of sailboats to the public eye.[11] In the book, he describes several of his inventions or developments that are in widespread use today, including the fully battened mainsail, developments to Genoa jibsails and spinnakers, the 'Park Avenue' boom and the cam cleat (Called the "Curryklemme" in German). He described two successful racing dinghies as well as innovations used on an America's Cup yacht.
His iconic racing dinghy, Aero which examplars many of his technical innovations has been restored.
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