A Nautical Novice on Lake Nokomis
by Sail Staff, Posted February 28, 2008I was eager to set off in our recently acquired boat, Ruach, a 13.5-foot trailerable Expo Solar Sailer designed by Garry Hoyt, Ted Hood, and Everett Pearson. Cath, a first-timer, was nervous, but throwing in a picnic
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Truth in (MedCup) Engineering
by Sail Staff, Posted February 25, 2008Hmm. Perhaps it was no accident that Audi had such a large display of hot cars outside the tents on the '07 circuit.
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SAIL Photo Contest - Photo Gallery #4
by Sail Staff, Posted February 25, 2008
Tank Math: Full or Empty?
by Steve Henkind, Posted February 21, 2008In the "Know-How" section of the March issue, Steven J. Henkind wrote about how fuel gauges operate and how you can prevent fuel-gauge errors. Here's the mathematical formula he discussed in the story.
You can also calculate the amount of fuel in a tank mathematically. For a rectangular tank, the calculation is easy: the overall volume of the tank = Length x Width x Height; if the
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SAIL Photo Contest - Photo Gallery #3
by Sail Staff, Posted February 20, 2008
Facnor's flat deck furler on a J/111



























