sailors eventually developed airfoil sails that allow sailing in directions other than downwind. Apolar diagramfor a vessel gives you a useful chart of how fast it can go at a given angle to the wind. Sailing directly into the wind is also known as being “in irons” as it doesn’t get...
No, the left scale will read > 0kg due to the torque from the wind force [edit] and the mass of the board and the rig. But this diagram is useless because (i) unless this sailor is on a dead run they will fall into leeward and (ii) the board is supported by a buoyant force ...
Evolving tack bias and wind strength are shown front and centre. Are you sailing in phase? Fell into a predictable hole? The scatter diagram plots two parameters against each other across the entire leg. You can see (for instance) where your optimum pointing angle is; or how much time you...
Sailing into the wind causes the apparent wind to be greater than the true wind and the direction of the apparent wind will be forward [6] of the true wind. Some extreme design boats are capable of traveling faster than the true windspeed....
islands and fightingbeasties. The heroes will sail in straight lines until they run into something interesting, but they do have enough common sense to avoid sailing into reefs if their ark is substantially damaged. If desired, gods can influence them in the following ways to help them along:...
Going down wind you will want to let it out, while sailing close to the wind you will tighten it. To stop the boat you let go of it and steer into the wind. TheCunninghamalso keeps the sail tight from top to bottom. The main halyard pulls the sail up while the Cunningham pulls it...
Jones also built a spinnaker pole for us which we placed into Fleet One’s inventory, so that took care of a relatively minor, but important, item on a go-forward basis. Mike and Denise George, of MG Marine, were amenable to this solution, and thus we were off to the races, so to...
Hot SetThe goal is to be higher than all boats ahead and behind, and immediately shift into the passing lane. To perform the Hot Set, plan ahead with the crew, be sure the vang has been eased, get the halyard up, guy or tack line on quickly, sheet in and hike. The Hot Set is...
With 3 Picos and 2 toppers to play in (kindly lent by NSC members!) the kids split into 2 groups and had a test sail in pairs. The test sail was a benefit to everyone, as we could assess the level of sailing ability, and see if a race was feasible, while the kids were able to...
Steer to Wind autopilot mode in the LightHouse OS provides a new level of control when under sail. Axiom Sail Plan Recommendations Know when to add or remove sail with Automatic Sail Plan Recommendations and keep your boat optimally tuned no matter what the conditions. ...