Whatever floats your boat
Article Abstract:
Tony Mears, a self-described serial inventor and cofounder of FloatLogic, patented a FloatRail system designed to deploy manually or automatically, when a boat takes excess water. The FloatRail system contains a CO2 or nitrogen gas mixture fitted in its 20-pound tanks below decks, which passes through two thorough-hulls on each side of the boat and inflates a series of 22-ounce nylon flotation bags available for both power as well as sailboats.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
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Mastering the sail
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Guidelines to learning how to trim and handle the biggest weapon in downwind sailing are presented. The expert tips include information on the A-sail trim, gybing techniques and alternative takedowns such as the Letter Drop and the Mexican.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2005
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The boat doctor
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Carl Eichenlaub is a boatwright and also a U.S Sailing Team boat doctor since 1976. He is busy building a wooden Pacific class one design for his daughter Betty Sue Sherman.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2003
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