| 词条 | Dixon Kemp |
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Kemp was born in Ryde, a British seaside town on the Isle of Wight. For a time, he edited the Isle of Wight Observer. He was also yachting editor of The Field.[1] Kemp was an authority on the design of yachts and yacht racing. Of his famous yachts, Firecrest (1892) was used by Alain Gerbault in his solo circumnavigation of the globe, and was the vessel he sailed to win the Blue Water Medal in 1923. His Amazon is still afloat and made a Trans-Atlantic crossing in 2011. The British Admiralty ordered copies of his Yacht and Boat Sailing supplied to the Navy.[1] As an architect, he was regarded as an expert on stability of vessels, and his work was supplied to officers of the Royal Navy.[2] As recently as a 1950 analysis of Joshua Slocum's vessel Spray, Kemp's formulae and analysis were still being put to use. In yacht racing, he was known for having devised a new ranking system based on the length of vessels and their area under sail.[3][4] Kemp also wrote concerning the rules of yacht racing. Works
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= 22 November 1899 |title=Dixon Kemp Dies |journal= The New York Times |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url= |accessdate= }} 2. ^{{cite book |title=A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy |last=White |first=William Henry (Sir) |year=1894 |page=105 |accessdate=}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature & general information, Volumes 27-28 |last=Chisholm |first=Hugh |author2=James Louis Garvin |year=1926 |publisher=The Encyclopædia Britannica company, ltd. |location= |pages=892–93 |url= |accessdate=}} 4. ^{{cite book |title=Illustrated Encyclopedia to World Sailing |last=Pelly |first=David |year=1989 |publisher=Exeter Books |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |accessdate=}} 5. ^{{cite book |title=American yachting |last=Stephens |first=Walter Picard |year=1904 |publisher=Macmillan |location= |isbn= |page=173 |accessdate=}} A volume of the American Sportsman's Library. 6. ^{{cite book |title=Marine engineer and naval architect, Volume 16 |year=1895 |publisher= |location= |page=41 |accessdate=}} External links
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