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- From: ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Wizard shot the food!)
- Subject: Re: Unstayed Rigs
- Message-ID: <23NOV199215515603@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:51:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.200605.18256@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com>, robertw@hpcvusd (Robert B. Williams) writes...
- >I think there was an incident when they sailed without the jib. It really
- >destroyed the boat's windward ability, much to everyone's surprise. (That
- >jib is REALLY tiny compared to the main.) I'd guess the slot on the lower
- >half of the main is important because of the large chord of the main,
- >and the wind velocity differential nearer the water.
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- In addition, I would expect the wind to very lifted in the space ahead of such
- a big main. Even though the jib is really tiny, it should be a lot more
- effective per unit area since the lift generated will point more forward. Once
- you are at speed and you want to point up, you don't usually need as much
- power, but power in the right direction.
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- Tom O'Toole - ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu - JHUVMS system programmer
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