Sails By Jeremy Howard-Williams
Sails (Collectible Revised & Expanded Edition)
The Definitive Technical Masterclass on the Aerodynamics, Design, and Trim of Yacht Sails
The Definitive Technical Masterclass on the Aerodynamics, Design, and Trim of Yacht Sails
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Sails
- Author: Jeremy Howard-Williams
- Publisher: Adlard Coles Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 1972
- ISBN-10: 022997368X / ISBN-13: 9780229973682
- Edition Details: Revised and Expanded Edition (Fourth Impression). The definitive authority on modern sailmaking.
- Binding: Hardcover with original publisher's heavy premium cloth boards, housed in the original illustrated dust jacket under a protective archive cellophane wrapper.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 424 pages. Extensively augmented with mathematical airflow equations, sailcloth weave microscopic diagrams, rigging blueprints, and analytical performance charts.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The original publisher's heavy cloth boards are clean, firm, and completely uniform across all edges. The spine is entirely straight, robust, tightly bound, and remains structurally undamaged with clear, bright lettering.
- Interior: Superbly preserved and structurally crisp. The 424 internal text pages and dense technical diagrams are remarkably clean, clear, crisp, and fully intact. Completely free from previous owner gift inscriptions, navigation notes, dealer pencil markings, or water warping.
- Protection: This specialized nautical reference work has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far, now beautifully preserved in a professional, removable archival cellophane sleeve.
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The Dust Jacket: Used – Very Good (VG)
- Condition: The original illustrated dust jacket is complete and unclipped. It exhibits some typical, limited signs of vintage storage-related edge wear, light rubbing, and small surface stress lines along the head and tail of the spine. It is free from large chips or deep tears and presents beautifully behind its protective archival cellophane cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1972 by the legendary nautical publishing house Adlard Coles, Sails by Jeremy Howard-Williams is globally recognized as the first comprehensive, truly scientific textbook written on the design, aerodynamics, and structural maintenance of modern yacht sails. Moving far beyond basic sailing manuals, Howard-Williams delivers an exhaustive, master-level analysis of the motive power behind sailing vessels. The book bridges the gap between high-level laboratory technological advances—such as the emergence of advanced synthetic Terylene and Dacron weaves—and the everyday practical problems that face yacht owners and commercial sailmakers. Spanning intricate chapters on sail trim, aerodynamic draft control, computational cloth cutting, and heavy-weather canvas repairs, this definitive work stands as an invaluable design archive for naval architects, sailmakers, classic yacht restorers, and maritime history bibliophiles.
Published in 1972 by the legendary nautical publishing house Adlard Coles, Sails by Jeremy Howard-Williams is globally recognized as the first comprehensive, truly scientific textbook written on the design, aerodynamics, and structural maintenance of modern yacht sails. Moving far beyond basic sailing manuals, Howard-Williams delivers an exhaustive, master-level analysis of the motive power behind sailing vessels. The book bridges the gap between high-level laboratory technological advances—such as the emergence of advanced synthetic Terylene and Dacron weaves—and the everyday practical problems that face yacht owners and commercial sailmakers. Spanning intricate chapters on sail trim, aerodynamic draft control, computational cloth cutting, and heavy-weather canvas repairs, this definitive work stands as an invaluable design archive for naval architects, sailmakers, classic yacht restorers, and maritime history bibliophiles.
Author Profile: Jeremy Howard-Williams
Jeremy Howard-Williams was an internationally acclaimed British yachtsman, aerodynamicist, and one of the world's foremost technical authorities on sail design and cutting technology during the mid-to-late 20th century. Utilizing his professional background in aviation engineering alongside decades of elite blue-water racing experience, Howard-Williams revolutionized how the international yachting community analyzed airflow over canvas. His seminal textbook, Sails, alongside his numerous specialized monographs for the Royal Yachting Association, served for decades as the foundational training manuals for commercial lofts and marine academy design students worldwide.
Jeremy Howard-Williams was an internationally acclaimed British yachtsman, aerodynamicist, and one of the world's foremost technical authorities on sail design and cutting technology during the mid-to-late 20th century. Utilizing his professional background in aviation engineering alongside decades of elite blue-water racing experience, Howard-Williams revolutionized how the international yachting community analyzed airflow over canvas. His seminal textbook, Sails, alongside his numerous specialized monographs for the Royal Yachting Association, served for decades as the foundational training manuals for commercial lofts and marine academy design students worldwide.
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