DSK wrote:

In other words, they don't make the boat faster by lifting
the boat up? Is that your final answer?


"Capt" Rob wrote:
In spite of Thom's assertions, drag wins the day.

Can you answer the question without trying to insult others?


What insult? Do you wear dresses?


... You can't get lift
without the cost of drag Hmm, seems like I just heard this somewhere...

Yup, I wrote it 40 minutes before you did this morning.


But other boats might? So you're still prevaricating and
tap-dancing?

So are you saying it's impossible for ANY sailboat to create a lifting
force via a wing keel on a downward leg? Careful now!


Hmm, lack of velocity... drag... you need to talk to
somebody at the Department of Connecting the Dots.


Hey, nice try...but I posted my comments on the WK before you did. 40
minutes later you chirped in about vortexes trying to sound fresh and
pretending you hadn't read what I wrote! Sorry, Doug. The times are
listed in the headers. Raise you hand faster next time and maybe you'll
get the gold star.

There you have it folks. One of the reasons for using a wing
keel is to gain an end plate, and yet the keel is designed
to minimize that effect.

Ahhh. When Doug has no point...make one up! The plate effect is a
result of the wing, designed to maximize windward ability while
reducing level draft. No one designed to "gain" turbulance at the keel
base.


Force are distributed differently on different *points of
sail* but not on different tacks.

Ah! LOL! I see what you tried to do there, but you struck out.
Different tacks do indeed mean different forces on the keel. We don't
sail in a water tank, Doug. There are currents, wave action and even
weight distrubution aboard that will change things.


I mean it sure is complicated,
that's why we need an brilliant & experienced sailor like
you to explain how keels and stern platforms work.


Gee, Doug. Can you show everyone anymore clearly how upset you are that
I grasp all this and own a sailboat? C'mon, give it a try!
Dude, you should have realized that you were gonna lose this one.


RB
35s5
NY