Doug give it up. It's like pushing an overboiled noodle uphill. It's
fustrating, tedious and you know better.



"DSK" wrote in message
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Nav wrote:
Note the _more_!!!! Now, who's talking efficiency? We were talking about
powered up! (I now accept that you may have no idea what that means).
Now define effciency for us so we can be sure that we are going to speak
the same language if you want to discuss efficiency.

I would say that "greatest sailing efficiency" could be defined as the
conditions (both weather and sail) that provided the highest VMG to
windward possible for that design.

Do the newest IACC boats go the fastest at 30 degrees of heel? That is
what you seem to be saying.

For most boats, the polars show the highest VMG in the 10 to 15 knot
wind range and sailing conditions of less than 20 degrees of heel. As I
said, narrow boats like to heel more but I'd be surprised if it were
that much more. I'm not very familiar with the last generation IACC boat
polars, maybe there are some on line.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King