On the waters of the Sea of Cortez and the cold Pacific beyond San Diego, one man sets out to learn how a sailboat really works.
What he discovers is far more than wind and water.
In Applied Physics and Other Affairs of the Heart, sailing becomes a lens through which to understand resilience, isolation, connection, and the invisible forces that move through every human life. Through storms, drifting currents, failing electrical systems, self-righting hulls, solar panels, hidden corrosion, and nights offshore beneath impossible stars, the physics of the sea gradually reveals the physics of being human.
Part memoir, part philosophical exploration, and part practical meditation on the mechanics of sailing, this book weaves together:
with vivid, deeply atmospheric storytelling rooted in real life aboard a small sailboat.
At sea, every system matters.
Every watt has a cost.
Every hidden weakness eventually reveals itself.
And every sailor eventually learns the same lesson:
you cannot control the wind -
only how you set your sails.
Written with the reflective intelligence of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and the raw nautical honesty of Sailing Alone Around the World, Applied Physics and Other Affairs of the Heart is a lyrical, deeply human meditation on nature, engineering, solitude, and the difficult art of staying upright when life heels hard against you.
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