Manfred Curry wrote a pioneering book on yacht aerodynamics and racing tactics, published in several editions and several languages, describing how he studied sailing-boat design scientifically, testing numerous rig configurations in the wind-tunnel at Göttingen.
Born in Munich, Germany to American parents. In later life he worked as a doctor specialising in bioclimatics and became the self-proclaimed discoverer of the pseudoscientific phenomenon of "geomagnetic lines" called the Curry Grid. The importance of his book within yachting has been described as having brought scientific sailboat design into the public eye.
In the book, he describes several of his inventions or developments that are in widespread use today, including the fully battened mainsail, the Genoa jib (so called because first used competitively in a regatta at Genoa) and the cam cleat (Called the "Curryklemme" in German).
He was the most successful German yachtsman in history sailing in around 1400 races and winning more than 1000. One of his dinghies, Aeronautical, has recently been found and restored.
As a doctor specialising in bioclimatics and allergies he founded the American Bioclimatics Research Institute, which was renamed the Manfred Curry Clinic after his death. "Earth Radiation" has never been accepted as a scientific field of study and is considered to be pseudoscience.
He described two successful racing dinghies as well innovations used on an America"s Cup defending yacht.
