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Bernard Smith 40 knot sailboat design
Bernard Smith is known for his work in the development in a fast sailboat. In his book the 40-knot Sailboat he explains and details a wind powered sailboat that has remarkable speed that is wind based. One of the key differences of the hull of his described sailboat is that his hull is not of standard design but of hydrofoils. Like also aircraft the fabric of the sail is made of tight aerofoil. What is one of the most unusual parts of the design is that it consists of one sail in the air and another sail in the water. This creates what he called and labeled an aerohydrofoil for its one sail in the air and water.

“The 40 Knot Sailboat”
His book “The 40-Knot Sailboat” was published in 1963. His main focus was to present a designs and concepts to focus on high speed. His work on the sailboat design was very on conventional. His work focused on the stability of the sailboat. His work is continued today and constantly worked on today by designers today. Sailboats today use some of his designs within their making. An example of this is Vestas Sailrocket. November 27th 2007 the sailboat team finally broke 40 knots based off a design of Bernard Smith. It turned out that his design went from a 40-knot design to a 50-knot design and at the time was the fastest sailboat in the world. He lived just long enough to see his work come to life. The team today still works on his design in the hopes he will be acknowledged for his work in the sailboat community.

Some background of Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith was born in 1910 in New York. He later passed away February 12th 2010. Bernard came from a background of blacksmiths and he later on became a founder in American Rocket Science and became a director of the naval weapons laboratory in Virginia. He is best known today for his writing in “The 40-Knot Sailboat”.

The Vestas Sailboat
The Vestas Sailboat team today does the most visible form of Bernard Smith’s work. They push their Sailboat design to the extreme by making sailboat speed faster and faster. The conceptual design of the sailboat is actually more of like aircraft and wind turbines. A magazine article on the rocket sailboat points out it’s design which matches closely to Bernard Smith’s concept for making a faster boat “Air rushing over the solid aerofoil powers the SailRocket. The outboard wing extension (top) provides upward lift to pull the leeward pod out of the water at about 50 knots. The upright portion of the wing is made of independently moveable sections that can be controlled via rigging from the cockpit (left).”. The team broke the record for the fastest sailboat by reaching a speed of 65 knots or 75 miles per hour in 2012.