Jens Bangsbo is a Danish professor of physiology and sports science at the University of Copenhagen and a former football player and assistant coach of both Juventus F.C. and the Danish national football team. He has written more than 25 books on football and physiology. Gisela Sjogaard is the editor of Sailing and Science: In An Interdisciplinary Perspective, published by Wiley.

• Content 5 Preface 7Preword 8List of Editors and Authors 11About the Editor 13About the Authors 15The sporting element in Viking ships and other earlier boats 19Boat construction - drag and aerodynamics 35Socio-economic factors in the development of sailing sport technology 53Biomechanics of sailing 77Sailing Physiology 95Long-distance offshore sailing race - a nutritional challenge 119Significance of physiology in tactics choices during sailing 131

Jens Bangsbo is a Danish professor of physiology and sports science at the University of Copenhagen and a former football player and assistant coach of both Juventus F.C. and the Danish national football team. He has written more than 25 books on football and physiology. Gisela Sjogaard is the editor of Sailing and Science: In An Interdisciplinary Perspective, published by Wiley.

• Content 5 Preface 7Preword 8List of Editors and Authors 11About the Editor 13About the Authors 15The sporting element in Viking ships and other earlier boats 19Boat construction - drag and aerodynamics 35Socio-economic factors in the development of sailing sport technology 53Biomechanics of sailing 77Sailing Physiology 95Long-distance offshore sailing race - a nutritional challenge 119Significance of physiology in tactics choices during sailing 131

Jens Bangsbo is a Danish professor of physiology and sports science at the University of Copenhagen and a former football player and assistant coach of both Juventus F.C. and the Danish national football team. He has written more than 25 books on football and physiology. Gisela Sjogaard is the editor of Sailing and Science: In An Interdisciplinary Perspective, published by Wiley.

• Content 5 Preface 7Preword 8List of Editors and Authors 11About the Editor 13About the Authors 15The sporting element in Viking ships and other earlier boats 19Boat construction - drag and aerodynamics 35Socio-economic factors in the development of sailing sport technology 53Biomechanics of sailing 77Sailing Physiology 95Long-distance offshore sailing race - a nutritional challenge 119Significance of physiology in tactics choices during sailing 131