Float Your Boat

Author : Mark Denny
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801895685
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Float Your Boat! written by Mark Denny and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 4.1 million people in the United States participate in recreational sailing. Yet the large library of sailing literature leaves many of them high and dry. On one side are technical guides for America’s Cup boat-builders; on the other, simplistic books for weekend sailors with little interest in science. In Float Your Boat! professional and amateur boaters alike will find intelligent and understandable answers to such questions as: What were the key innovations that made sailboats more efficient? How do you increase the speed of a boat? How do sailboats travel into the wind? Why are so many explanations of sailing so wrong? Sailing enthusiast and physicist Mark Denny first traces the evolution of the sailing craft, from prehistoric coracles made of animal skins and antlers to the sailboat’s reinvention as a pleasure craft during the Industrial Revolution. He then identifies specific sailing phenomena—how wind drives modern Bermuda sloops, how torque determines stability, why hull speed exists—and provides the key physics principles behind them. Whether you are an inquisitive landlubber who has never set foot in a boat, a casual weekend sailor, or an old salt who lives for the sea, Float Your Boat! is an accessible guide to the physics of sailing.

Author : Donna Fareed (Warfield)
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595342035
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whatever Floats Your Boat written by Donna Fareed (Warfield) and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What floats your boat? Whether money, family, or professional success drives you, Whatever Floats Your Boat motivates you to reevaluate your life, and, most importantly, it teaches you how to enhance yourself and move forward. Author Donna Fareed provides you with a creative perspective on how to address critical issues in your own life and, ultimately, how to feel good about yourself. By compiling her thoughts, research, and personal experiences along with introspective questions included in each chapter for you to consider, Fareed encourages you to examine and focus on what really matters. She educates you on how to: Regroup and address a situation in the right manner instead of turning away from it Help others so that, in turn, you may find freedom Find love, joy, and contentment by letting go of your ways Turn your life around for the better, knowing that it is never too late for change If you are ready to embark on a wonderful adventure that will build character, discipline, and humility in your own life, then Whatever Floats Your Boat will help you put your feet on dry land. All Aboard!!

Author : George Ella Lyon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 148140380X
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boats Float! written by George Ella Lyon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.

Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boat who Wouldn't Float written by Farley Mowat and published by Boston : Little, Brown. This book was released on 1970 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seemed like a good idea. Tired of everyday life ashore, Farley Mowat would find a sturdy boat in Newfoundland and roam the salt sea over, free as a bird. What he found was the worst boat in the world, and she nearly drove him mad. The Happy Adventure, despite all that Farley and his Newfoundland helpers could do, leaked like a sieve. Her engine only worked when she felt like it. Typically, on her maiden voyage, with the engine stuck in reverse, she backed out of the harbour under full sail. And she sank, regularly. How Farley and a varied crew, including the intrepid lady who married him, coaxed the boat from Newfoundland to Lake Ontario is a marvellous story. The encounters with sharks, rum-runners, rum and a host of unforgettable characters on land and sea make this a very funny book for readers of all ages.

Author : Michelle McKinney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Float Like A Boat: The Aquatic Problem Solvers of Enchanted Brook written by Michelle McKinney and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time for the littles of Enchanted Brook to become aquatic problem solvers! Beckett is anxious about learning to swim because he's not a water-loving animal like his friends. Along the way, Beckett learns some important lessons about swimming, water safety, and life in general, by realizing that if he puts his mind to it, he can do hard things. Caregivers will also learn about drowning prevention, and the critical layers of protection recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to provide a system of increased security in an aquatic environment.

Author : Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 153416670X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boats Will Float written by Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in rhythmic text, author Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum (Trains Don't Sleep) explores the many types of watercraft navigating our lakes, rivers, and oceans, including trawlers, tankers, and cruise ships. Beginning with the sunrise, boats of all shapes and sizes are on their way to a full day. Fishing boats with their nets head out for their day's lucky catch. Tugboats guide a freighter safely into harbor, and pleasure craft such as sailboats and speedboats offer hours of enjoyment for their passengers. Then when night comes, even boats take a rest, including a houseboat that is docked with its family warm and cozy inside. Back matter includes detailed descriptions of each type of watercraft mentioned.

Author : Lucy Paquette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578735221
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hammock: A Novel Based on the True Story of French Painter James Tissot written by Lucy Paquette and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HAMMOCK: A novel based on the true story of French painter James Tissot portrays ten remarkable years in the life of James Tissot (1836-1902), who rebuilt - and then lost - his reputation in London. THE HAMMOCK is a psychological portrait, exploring the forces that unwound the career of this complex man. Based on contemporary sources, the novel brings Tissot's world alive in a story of war, art, Society glamour, love, scandal, and tragedy.

Author : Daniel Miyares
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481415255
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Float written by Daniel Miyares and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy’s small paper boat—and his large imagination—fill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me! that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own. A little boy takes a boat made of newspaper out for a rainy-day adventure. The boy and his boat dance in the downpour and play in the puddles, but when the boy sends his boat floating down a gutter stream, it quickly gets away from him. So of course the little boy goes on the hunt for his beloved boat—and when the rain lets up, he finds himself on a new adventure altogether. This seemingly simply story from Daniel Miyares is enriched with incredible depth and texture that transcend words.

Author : Marne Ventura
Publisher : Pebble
ISBN 13 : 1977112978
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Boats That Float written by Marne Ventura and published by Pebble. This book was released on 2020 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to make a boat float? Gather some supplies and try it out for yourself! Discover tips and ideas on how to build the best boat around!

Author : Will Mabbitt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698176227
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones written by Will Mabbitt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny fantasy-adventure series for fans of LEMONY SNICKET, NEIL GAIMAN, and CRESSIDA COWELL Have you ever picked your nose? Have you ever picked your nose and EATEN IT? Have you ever picked your nose, eaten it, and, by doing so, opened a portal to a world run by PIRATES? Mabel Jones has. Kidnapped, Mabel is forced to serve aboard The Feroshus Maggot with the strangest crew you’ll ever meet. And the captain—an odious wolf named Idryss Ebenezer Split—won’t let her go until she helps the pirates uncover the treasure they seek. Mabel’s voyage takes her across the Greasy Pole of Certain Death, into the belly of a whale, and underground to a decrepit crypt. And she does it all…in pajamas! Read on if you dare. You are promised a most unlikely adventure.