Czesław Marchaj
Czesław Marchaj | |
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| Born | 9 July 1918 Kingdom of Poland |
| Died | 21 July 2015 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | Polish, British |
| Alma mater | State Academy of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Warsaw |
| Known for | Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic investigations of sailing yacht performance |
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| Fields | Aerodynamics Sailing |
Czesław Antony Marchaj (9 July 1918 – 21 July 2015), often known in the West as C.A. Marchaj or Tony Marchaj, was a Polish-British
Early life and education
His original youth interest and professional career choice was
In the postwar years his interest had turned towards sailing. This resulted (in 1949) in a sentence in a
Career
In 1953, drawing on his professional background in aerodynamics, Czeslaw Marchaj designed modifications (within class rules) to his Finn class racing boat and subsequently sailed it to a surprising win in a multiday Warsaw-Gdańsk river regatta. Asked by the Warsaw sailing clubs community about his race performance, he prepared and presented a series of lectures on sail aerodynamics during 1953/54 winter off-season. These lectures had been edited into the first version of the book Sailing Theory and Practice. This work had been well received and published in Poland and abroad.[Note 4]
On the strength of Sailing Theory and Practice, in 1969, Czesław Marchaj was granted a two-year scholarship by the
His books contain a rigorous theoretical and experimental approach to issues in the design and operation of sailing vessels, resulting in detailed analysis, confirmation or debunking of many previously assumed facts in sailing practice.
Later life
In the 1990s, Czesław Marchaj moved to a rural retreat in France. He died on 21 July 2015, aged 97.[5]
Bibliography
- Sailing Theory and Practice, Adlard Coles Nautical, 1964, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 64-13694.
- Aero-hydrodynamics of sailing, ISBN 0-229-98652-8
- Aerodynamik und Hydrodynamik des Segelns, ISBN 3-7688-0390-2
- Sail performance: techniques to maximize sail power, ISBN 0-07-141310-3
- Seaworthiness: the forgotten factor, ISBN 0-87742-227-3
- Teoria żeglowania: aerodynamika żagla, Alma-Press, ISBN 83-7020-269-1
- Teoria żeglowania: aerodynamika żagla, 6th edition, Alma-Press, ISBN 978-83-7020-269-9
- Dzielność morska: zapomniany czynnik , Alma-Press, ISBN 83-7020-291-8
References
- ^ "The Royal Institution of Naval Architects -RINA".
- ^ "ISAF : Official Site : About ISAF : ISAF : Awards : Medals". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
- ^ a b c d e "To pod żaglami, to za kratkami". 19 December 2008.
- ^ a b Professor Czeslaw Marchaj visiting National Sailing Centre, www.zagle.com.pl, 2008 December 04
- ^ "Zmarł prof. Czesław Marchaj" [Prof. Czesław Marchaj] (in Polish). Zagle. 2015-07-22. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
Notes
- ^ Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Budowy Maszyn i Elektrotechniki im. H. Wawelberga i S. Rotwanda w Warszawie
- ^ This is disputed - possibly what sources call "prison term" was a lengthy arrest under these charges. There is no dispute as to the fact of arrest.
- ^ Czesław Marchaj was one of the country's top Finn class competitors, but was blocked by the Polish authorities from international competitions for political reasons. He also was blocked from work in state-controlled establishments, which - under the communist system - made any research or advanced technology related work a near impossibility.
- ^ Czesław Marchaj made a stand for his rights by demanding (and succeeding) royalties from a Soviet publishing house for (published with no concern to copyright, as was the Soviet practice at the time) Soviet edition of this work, not a commonly assumed attitude under communist rule.
- ^ Unclear at what position (only graduation record from this institution regarding Czesław Marchaj is accessible, possibly a contamination in newspaper sources cited.
- seaworthiness of racing yachts.
- ^ Lionheart, 1980
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