SAILING YACHT Juan Baader boat racing history book

Hard covered book titled THE SAILING YACHT by Juan Baader, Translated from the German by Inge Moore, First American Edition 1979, 392 pages.

This dynamic book yields detailed discussions of:

aerodynamic theory
yachting history
techniques
hydrodynamics
ratings rule
classes
safety at sea
sails
navigation
and many other topics.
It is illustrated with 275 diagrams and line drawings, and 91 photographs. There is also information on racing and cruising boat designs.

Some of the subjects covered are:

Development of the Yacht
Development of the Rig
Weather helm and Lee helm
Speed under Sail
Waves
Sails
racing Technique
Yacht classes
Dinghy classes
Keelboats
Cruisers
Large Yachts
Small ocean going Yachts
Seamanship
Hulls and Rigs
and Engines and Propellers.
This book is in Good condition. Pages clean and intact, binding is tight. The dust jacket is very frayed, worn, creased, scuffed and torn.