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From: Don Stockbauer on 7 Aug 2010 09:37
On Aug 7, 1:04 am, George Hammond <Nowhe...(a)notspam.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:16:53 -0500, Tom Roberts
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> <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >Y.Porat wrote:
> >> about "sailing agisnst the wind'
> >> it is an   illusion!!!
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> >You know as little about sailing as you do about physics or math -- i.e. NOTHING
> >AT ALL.
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> >There is no "illusion" about sailing upwind, and sailors do it all the time. Not
> >directly upwind, mind you, but a good boat and crew can approach 45 degrees from
> >directly upwind. Using alternate tacks the boat can have a long-term path going
> >directly upwind.
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> >BTW a modern sailboat on a reach can sail considerably faster than the wind. But
> >no boat can do so when running before the wind.
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> >    If you don't know what these terms mean, look them up. They are
> >    standard sailing terms.
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> >Tom Roberts
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> [Hammond]
>    A cambered airplane wing can achieve a maximum lift
> coefficent of nearly 2.0    Anybody know what the maximum
> lift coefficient of an ordinary triangular sloop mainsail
> might be?
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From: " SNIP PHYSICS HECKLER>" on 7 Aug 2010 14:52
On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 06:37:44 -0700
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