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High-Speed Sailing: What century is this anyway?
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High-Speed Sailing: What century is this anyway?
In Nov. 1920, "Yachting" magazine published an article by Malcolm and T. A. McIntyre titled "The Sailplane - A New Type of Sailboat". In it the authors state: "The ideal theoretical fast sailboat should be one that will stand upright and carry her sail in any breeze, have no ballast in any form and only enough displacement to comfortably float the crew, sails and rig." They went on to describe the prototype they built, its theory of operation and its performance; included were pictures of the craft sailing. The Sailplane was apparently largely ignored and then forgotten. Full Story »
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