Capt. Rob wrote:
So are you saying it's impossible for ANY sailboat to create a lifting
force via a wing keel on a downward leg?

Am I saying that?

I *did* say (because it happens to be the case) in order for
a wing keel to generate enough upward lift to raise the boat
any significant amount, the induced drag from that generated
lift would be greater than any drag savings from lifting the
boat.

Now can we explain the difference between wing keels and
hydrofoils to your buddy Krusty/BB? Maybe these guys can help

http://lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/





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!

Good one.

40 minutes? Go back several years and see what I have said
about wing keels in other discussions.




... The plate effect is a
result of the wing

Is it? Why use a wing then, when an end plate would be much
simpler and create less drag? Why did you say that the keel
is designed to minimize the plate effect?




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.

Really?
Then why did you use the wrong terms?


Different tacks do indeed mean different forces on the keel.

Not on normal sailboats they don't. At least, not in the
real world... maybe in the Matrix it's different.


Dude, you should have realized that you were gonna lose this one.



Explain to us all again about you "win" anybody answers one
of your posts.

Bubbles, you're nuts.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King