De: @JM-dq5ib

@JM-dq5ib — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:12:16 +0000

In order to get clear air you still need to get out of their wind shadow regardless of your apparent wind

De: @iandouglas3940

@iandouglas3940 — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:28:17 +0000

Hello Mr. Harrison, let's say I am in a Laser and the wind is coming from directly behind the boat. I could sheet out so that the sail is 90 degrees to the boat, but this stalls the sail and creates turbulence behind the sail (in front of the boat). The sail would still create power in this situation, and would have its maximum area exposed to the wind. However, let's say I sheet in just enough so that there is laminar flow on both sides of the sail, to just before stalling the sail. Am I letting go of too much energy by doing this, especially since exhaust wind from the sail is not being dumped into a jib? Which will give me more power and/or performance: sheeting out so that the sail is 90 degrees to the wind, or sheeting out just enough so that the sail is not stalling yet? Regards, Ian Douglas

De: @markprice46

@markprice46 — Sun, 12 May 2019 15:17:54 +0000

Wouldn’t the green boat need to jibe ?

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