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The River Thames Book, now in its seventh edition, is the
best-selling guide to the non-tidal Thames from Teddington to its
source in Gloucestershire. This complete guide covers the Barrier
to Cricklade with the River Wey, Basingstoke Canal and the Kennet
& Avon Canal to Great Bedwyn. Chris Cove-Smith's updated text
describes the navigation with support of clear and detailed
mapping. The River Thames Book also lists in exhaustive detail the
facilities to be found along each section of the navigation.
Attuned to a world of natural signs—the stars, the winds, the
curl of ocean swells—Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands
of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against
prevailing winds and currents aboard powerful double canoes to
settle the vast Pacific Ocean. And they did this when Greek
mariners still hugged the coast of an inland sea, and Europe was
populated by stone-age farmers. Yet by the turn of the twentieth
century, this story had been lost and Polynesians had become an
oppressed minority in their own land. Then, in 1975, a replica of
an ancient Hawaiian canoe—Hokule‘a—was launched to sail the
ancient star paths, and help Hawaiians reclaim pride in the
accomplishments of their ancestors. Hawaiki Rising tells this story
in the words of the men and women who created and sailed aboard
Hokule‘a. They speak of growing up at a time when their Hawaiian
culture was in danger of extinction; of their vision of sailing
ancestral sea-routes; and of the heartbreaking loss of Eddie Aikau
in a courageous effort to save his crewmates when Hokule‘a
capsized in a raging storm. We join a young Hawaiian, Nainoa
Thompson, as he rediscovers the ancient star signs that guided his
ancestors, navigates Hokule‘a to Tahiti, and becomes the first
Hawaiian to find distant landfall without charts or instruments in
a thousand years. Hawaiki Rising is the saga of an astonishing
revival of indigenous culture by voyagers who took hold of the old
story and sailed deep into their ancestral past.
High speed catamaran and multihull high speed marine vessel have
become very popular in the last two decades. The catamaran has
become the vessel of choice for the majority of high speed ferry
operators worldwide. There have been significant advances in
structural materials, and structural design has been combined with
higher power density and fuel efficient engines to deliver ferries
of increasing size. The multihull has proven itself to be a
suitable configuration for active power projection across oceans as
well as for coastal patrol and protection, operating at high speedd
for insertion or retrieval with a low energy capability. At present
there is no easily accessible material covering the combination of
hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, and design issues including
structures, powering and propulsion for these vehicles. Coverage in
High Speed Catamarans and Multihulls includes an introduction to
the history, evolution, and development of catamarans, followed by
a theoretical calculation of wave resistance in shallow and deep
water, as well as the drag components of the multihull. A
discussion of vessel concept design describing design
characteristics, empirical regression for determination of
principal dimensions in preliminary design, general arrangement,
and methods is also included. The book concludes with a discussion
of experimental future vehicles currently in development including
the small waterplane twin hull vessels, wave piercing catamarans,
planing catamarans, tunnel planing catamarans and other multihull
vessels.
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