Sailing Theory And Practice

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Sailing Theory and Practice
C. A. Marchaj
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964
ISBN 0396049524    

Last name pronounced mar-shy.

While primarily focused at sailing and sailboats, the bulk of the material on hydrostatics and hydrodynamics is the same for any vessel. This book is a classic in the area of small craft theory. It does assume at least a high school level of understanding of physics and maths.