
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
Sea Change
by Sail Staff, Posted February 20, 2008The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water is South’s account of her transformation from successful publishing executive to eager seamanship student to beaming skipper aboard her newly
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Sailing Primer
by Sail Staff, Posted February 20, 2008FULL STORY

Groupama Breaks Up, Flips
by Sail Staff, Posted February 18, 2008Last night at 2343 UT, Franck Cammas, skipper of the trimaran Groupama 3 engaged in the Jules Verne Trophy, alerted the shore crew to the capsize of the maxi trimaran. "We have just capsized. The leeward float broke in two, leading to the breakage of the two beams and then the subsequent capsize. The crew is all together, taking refuge inside the central
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Facnor's flat deck furler on a J/111



























