Sailing Against The Wind

Author : Andrés Reséndez
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781328515971

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Vuelta by Andrés Reséndez Pdf

The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery--and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal's monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific--and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the vuelta. Four ships set out from Navidad, each one carrying a dream team of navigators. The smallest ship, guided by seaman Lope Martín, a mulatto who had risen through the ranks to become one of the most qualified pilots of the era, soon pulled far ahead and became mysteriously lost from the fleet. It was the beginning of a voyage of epic scope, featuring mutiny, murderous encounters with Pacific islanders, astonishing physical hardships--and at last a triumphant return to the New World. But the pilot of the fleet's flagship, the Augustine friar mariner Andrés de Urdaneta, later caught up with Martín to achieve the vuelta as well. It was he who now basked in glory, while Lope Martín was secretly sentenced to be hanged by the Spanish crown as repayment for his services. Acclaimed historian Andrés Reséndez, through brilliant scholarship and riveting storytelling--including an astonishing outcome for the resilient Lope Martín--sets the record straight.

Author : Alexander Meyer
Publisher : Alexander Meyer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Learn to Sail with Captain Sailnator by Alexander Meyer Pdf

This ebook is designed as preparation for a practical sailing course or as an accompaniment to it. It is also excellent for people who are returning to sailing and want to freshen up their knowledge. For those who have just started it helps to understand how sailing works and is also suitable to introduce family members, partners and friends in this wonderful sport. All the important sailing manoeuvres are explained comprehensively and easy to understand. After reading this ebook you will visit your practical sailing course well prepared. There you can concentrate on the actually important matter, already knowing some of the theory: Sailing The ebook contains 144 coloured images showing the important sailing manoeuvres step by step. On additional 75 black and white images the nautical knots are explained. So before you buy the ebook please download a free sample and have a look if your ebook-reader shows all details on the images correctly.

Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : London : Coles
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Sailing
ISBN : OCLC:492835029

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Wind and Sailing Boats : the Structure and Behaviour of the Wind as it Affects Sailing Craft by Alan Watts Pdf

Author : Diane Beeston
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Photography of sailing ships
ISBN : 0877010188

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Of Wind, Fog and Sail by Diane Beeston Pdf

Author : Jim Lynch
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307958990

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Before the Wind by Jim Lynch Pdf

Following The Highest Tide, Border Songs, and Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch now gives us a grand and idiosyncratic family saga that will stand alongside Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion. Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein-obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings, their backyard was the Puget Sound and sailing their DNA. But both his sister and brother fled many years ago: Ruby to Africa and elsewhere to do good works on land, and Bernard to god-knows-where at sea, a fugitive and pirate. Suddenly thirty-one, Josh—who repairs boats of all kinds in a Steinbeckian marina south of Seattle—is pained and confused by whatever the hell went wrong with his volatile family. His parents are barely speaking, his mystified grandfather is drinking harder, and he himself—despite an endless and comic flurry of online dates—hasn’t even come close to finding a girlfriend. But when the Johannssens unexpectedly reunite for the most important race in these waters—all of them together on a classic vessel they made decades ago—they will be carried to destinies both individual and collective, and to a heart-shattering revelation. Past and present merge seamlessly and collide surprisingly as Jim Lynch reveals a family unlike any other, with the grace and humor and magic of a master storyteller.

Author : Jaan Kross
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780810126527

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Sailing Against the Wind by Jaan Kross Pdf

Jaan Kross's historical novel Sailing Against the Wind fictionalizes the life of Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935), an Estonian-born inventor. Schmidt lost an arm in his youth while experimenting with a homemade rocket, resulting in psychological trauma that would plague him for the rest of his life. Largely self-taught, Schmidt was driven to seek recognition of his talents. He moved to Germany in the 1930s, where, after perfecting techniques for polishing lenses, he began developing ideas for improving astronomical telescopes. He was arrested for selling one to the Russians, and although he got off with only a warning, he later suffered a breakdown and was sent to a mental hospital, where he soon died. Sailing Against the Wind becomes a meditation on national identity, the relationship between history and the individual life, and the mechanisms of the historical novel as a genre.

Author : Eirik G. Jansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029084798

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Sailing Against the Wind by Eirik G. Jansen Pdf

This Book Aims To Convey The Atmosphere Of The Diverse Unspointed Shipping In The Inland Water Transport Of Bangladesh. Magnificently Illustrated It Will Contribute To Treserve The Rich Cultural Heritage The Traditional Country Boats Represent In Bangladesh.

Author : Leo Block
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Masts and rigging
ISBN : 1557502099

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To Harness the Wind by Leo Block Pdf

Man was a sailor long before he invented the wheel or straddled a horse, and his adventures at sea changed the course of history. Initially he was able to sail only downwind, but the Cretans and Phoenicians made design improvements to sails that permitted sailing across and eventually against the wind. The Vikings optimized the performance of the square sail, and the Dutch modified the Arab lateen to create the sail commonly used today. Leo Block tells the story of the evolution of sails and relates it to historic events and other factors that affected the performance of sailing vessels. Numerous illustrations help explain the technical factors involved. Focusing mainly on European improvements, Block details the progress of sail design from the lateen to the square, fore and aft, and classic rigs right up to the swift clipper ships of the nineteenth century just before the advent of steam power. Written in laymen's terms, the book is an excellent learning tool for readers who know little about the history of sailing vessels and a quick reference guide for sailors who want a reminder of how their craft evolved.

Author : Thomas Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1810
Category : Christian life
ISBN : HARVARD:HN6H6M

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Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices by Thomas Brooks Pdf

Author : James Beresford
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004241947

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The Ancient Sailing Season by James Beresford Pdf

A comprehensive examination of the effects of the shifting seasons on maritime trade, warfare and piracy during antiquity, this book overturns many long-held assumptions concerning the capabilities of Graeco-Roman ships and sailors.

Author : Heinz Schmalenstroth
Publisher : Verlag für Technik und Handwerk
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Model Sailing for Beginners by Heinz Schmalenstroth Pdf

Are you interested in model sailboat building and model sailing? This book provides a brief overview and makes it easier to get started. Established manufacturers offer remote-controlled model sailboats as kits. With a little skill, even a complete beginner can build a model sailing yacht that is ready to sail. You don't need a large workshop for this, a few hand tools from everyday life and a table are already enough. Benefit from the author's more than 40 years of model-building experience! From the content: • Which model do I want to build? • "Micro Magic" from Graupner • "Sea Cret" from T2M • "Estelle" from robbe • Building time • Sailing experience • RC equipment • Tools and aids • Hand tools • Measuring tools • Machines • Measuring tools • Adhesives • Small sailing practice for newcomers • The different sailing courses to the wind • The most important sailing terms • The maiden voyage • First sail trim

Author : C.S. Forester
Publisher : eNet Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618861528

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The Age of Fighting Sail by C.S. Forester Pdf

C.S. Forester's distinguished account of the Anglo-American naval war of 1812. Age of Fighting Sail is a shrewd and skillful telling of a complex war that altered the course of history. A must read for lovers of history and wooden sailing ships.

Author : John Kimball
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466502666

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Physics of Sailing by John Kimball Pdf

Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, Physics of Sailing provides a lively, easily accessible introduction to the basic science underlying the sport of sailing. It illustrates the many ways physics can be used to understand the principles of sailboat propulsion and how a scientific understanding of the boat, wind, and water can lead to more skillful sailing. After a brief but insightful tour of the history of sailing, the book explores the physics involved in making faster sailing crafts for both upwind and downwind sailing, including Newton’s impact theory of fluid resistance and lift and drag phenomena. It compares possible sail shapes, presents measurements of hull smoothness, and describes wind turbulence, the nature of water waves, and the structure of wakes. Using the physics of optics, the author also explains the connection between water’s appearance and the wind. Along with a glossary of sailing terms, he includes many examples throughout to illustrate the concepts in practice. Avoiding unnecessary formalisms, this book skillfully applies the principles of fluid mechanics to sailboat technology and the art of sailing. It should help you become a more knowledgeable sailor.

Author : Douglas Frazar
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9783861953098

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Practical Sailing on Traditional Boats by Douglas Frazar Pdf

This book explains how to manage small boats and yachts under all conditions, with explanatory chapters on ordinary sea-manoevres, and the use of sails, helm and anchor, and advice as to what is to be done in different emergencies; supplemented by a vocabulary of nautical terms. Reprint of the famous book of 1879.

Author : Sebastian Eckbert
Publisher : Self Publisher
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9791222496894

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Sailing by Sebastian Eckbert Pdf

In the vast expanse of the open sea, where the horizon meets endless possibilities, the art of sailing unfolds as a symphony of skill, knowledge, and adventure. For centuries, sailing has been a captivating endeavor, drawing individuals to the majestic seas and oceans that cover our planet. Whether you're a novice sailor seeking the thrill of the wind in your sails or an experienced mariner honing your craft, this manual is designed to be your trusted companion on the watery expanses that beckon with mystery and beauty. This book is more than just a technical guide; it's a passport to the world of nautical exploration. From understanding the fundamental principles of navigation to decoding the secrets of wind patterns, "Sailing" equips you with the knowledge to navigate the waters confidently. You'll discover the joy of harnessing nature's forces to propel your vessel, creating a harmonious dance between wind and water. But our journey extends beyond the practicalities of sailing. As we embark on this odyssey together, we'll delve into the rich history of seafaring, exploring the tales of intrepid sailors who braved the unknown. Their stories, woven into the fabric of maritime lore, will inspire and remind you of the timeless allure of the sea.