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Catching the wind. Part 1. Sailing. - Eugene Garfield

,1981 WhenIwasabout11yearsold, , trealizeuntilyearslaterthatmanyofthesmal lersailingboatsIsawoffHuntersIslandwerea lsocalled yachts. ItisnotsurprisingthatIthoughtofsailingas arichman sfamousquote: Anyonewhohastoaskabouttheannualupkeepofa yachtcan taf-fordone. 1( )Eventoday, ,thereisstillthenotionthatthereissomethi ngsnobbishaboutowningaboat, , ,forexample, ,you llfindhalfthepopulationoutonthefjordscel ebratingMidsummerDay(thefeastofthenativi tyofJohntheBaptist) walk quitead~ , ,oronfarms,mayneverseeasailboat, ,mostpeoplethinkitwillbedifficult,ifnoti mpossible, thavetobeanEinsteintolearnhowtosailor,as Ishallexplaininalateressay,windsurforboa rdsail.(Incaseyouarenotawarealready,Imen tionEinsteinbecausehewasasailingenthusia st.)Modemtechnologyandmassproduc-tionmet hodshavemadesailboatsaf-fordableforalmos tanyone,Smalldinghiescanbeboughtforaslit tleas$ $2, , $1,CK) , , ,mostofall, ,sHowever,I ! ,however, , towardthedirectionfromwhichthewindiscomi ng.

Catching the Wind. Part 1. Sailing. & Number 9 March 2,1981 When I was about 11 years old, my family often drove down to Eastchester Bay just off the northeast Bronx coast.

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Transcription of Catching the wind. Part 1. Sailing. - Eugene Garfield

1 ,1981 WhenIwasabout11yearsold, , trealizeuntilyearslaterthatmanyofthesmal lersailingboatsIsawoffHuntersIslandwerea lsocalled yachts. ItisnotsurprisingthatIthoughtofsailingas arichman sfamousquote: Anyonewhohastoaskabouttheannualupkeepofa yachtcan taf-fordone. 1( )Eventoday, ,thereisstillthenotionthatthereissomethi ngsnobbishaboutowningaboat, , ,forexample, ,you llfindhalfthepopulationoutonthefjordscel ebratingMidsummerDay(thefeastofthenativi tyofJohntheBaptist) walk quitead~ , ,oronfarms,mayneverseeasailboat, ,mostpeoplethinkitwillbedifficult,ifnoti mpossible, thavetobeanEinsteintolearnhowtosailor,as Ishallexplaininalateressay,windsurforboa rdsail.(Incaseyouarenotawarealready,Imen tionEinsteinbecausehewasasailingenthusia st.)Modemtechnologyandmassproduc-tionmet hodshavemadesailboatsaf-fordableforalmos tanyone,Smalldinghiescanbeboughtforaslit tleas$ $2, , $1,CK) , , ,mostofall, ,sHowever,I ! ,however, , towardthedirectionfromwhichthewindiscomi ng.

2 Leewardmeans downwind. 4( )Firstofall,mostpeopleappreciatetheroleo faboat srudder(seeFigure1).Thisisaflatpieceofwo odormetalverticallyattachedtotheendofthe Figure1;Componentsofthesailboat.[BATTENS MAINSAILBOOMG~1,RUDDER CENTERBOARD+ ,orhandle,calledatiller,whichisusedtomov etherud-derand,therefore,controltheboat , , seasytounder-standhowyousail beforethewind thatis, , ,theairpa= thatis,withthewindcomingfrombe-hindyouan dpushingdirectlyonthesail-allmovementoft hesailboatisaresultofthe pull ,orsailingbeforethewind,youaremovedbythe windblow-ingonthesailfrombehindyou(seeFi gure3).Unfortunately,asyoupickupspeed,yo ucreateawindwhichblowsintheoppositedirec tion,ontheso-calledleeward,ratherthanwin dward, ,butwhenthereisplentyofwindit ,asIwas, , ,youwanttoreachapointinadirectionopposit ethe,Figure2 \/ ,/ LOWPRESSURE\PULLSWINGUP\. ---~PUSHESWINGUP41 Figure3 tree :%ilbmtreachingatanglestothewind. Thelowpressureare~.]

3 _ WINDWARD .0 __ . , , ,airflowsintothelowpressurecanneverreach directlyintothewind, , , ,youaredirectlyparalleltotheboom tactuallymoveinthatdirection,riveatyourt arget,then, zigzag maneu-versinwhichyoualternatethedirectio noftheboat(seeFigure5).Whentacking,youmu st comeabout , , , , , ,or sheet, ,youprobablywon ,thatlittleSunfishandmostothersailboatsw iiIre-Figure5 . , , , ,thesailwilfflapor luff , gusts. Ifyouareholdingontotheropetootightly,you rhandmay freeze andinsteadoflettinggo, , IIIownersintheUShaveawiderangeof \\\\\ +\\\\\\/ (7/ \\R) \\ \\+\ ,themajornationalmaga-zinesdevotedsolely tothesport,featurearticlesonequipment,ad venture,com-petition, ,whileBoatmanfocusesontheChesapeakeBayar eaandBowWaves, ,orwanttotry, salittletooquietformytastenowthatI velearnedaboutoneofthefastestgrowingspor tsintheworld vecoveredthebasicsofsailing,nextweekI rehooked,yourlifemayneverbethesame.

4 ** ,o19n\ ,000quip,andquote,.NewYork:Doubleday,1%8 , :Dodd,Mead,1952,% :Granada, $ :PersonalLibraryPublishers.


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