Einstein really enjoyed sailing

The fields of science, technology, engineering, and math – known as STEM in education – have latched on to sailing as a teaching tool. US Sailing promotes its STEM curriculum to schools, but have generations of sailors been learning these fields without knowing it?

Well, there is one well-known mathematician and physicist who revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity that loved sailing. “I have no special talent,” wrote Albert Einstein in a letter in 1952, “I am just passionately curious.”

Einstein really enjoyed sailing. And that’s not all: when there was no wind, he often took notes or enthusiastically shared his latest ideas on the basic laws of physics with his fellow sailors. “It is impossible not to speculate about how much of the theory of relativity Einstein may have come across on sailing trips,” writes the US trade journal Good Old Boat Magazine. – Full report