deaths
July 21, 2015
Czesław Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (born 1918)
Czesław Marchaj
Czesław Antony Marchaj, often known in the West as C.A. Marchaj or Tony Marchaj, was a Polish-British yachtsman whose published scientific studies of the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of sailing boats have been influential on yacht, sail and rig designers. He was the author of Sailing Theory and Practice and approximately 60 other publications on sailing. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA), and he was awarded the Silver Medal of The International Sailing Federation (ISAF).
July 21
July 21 is the 202nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 163 days remain until the end of the year.