Scout wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
OzOne wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:32:39 -0400, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

Read that somewhere recently.
I knew downwind sailing was "it" for a very long time, but did the
concept of sailing to wind really come about with the evolution of the
wing and mechanical flight?
Scout
No.
You make some excellent points.
Scout
He's so succinct in his answers....

I think it I read it in a Matt Collie discussion, but I can't seem to find
it and I can't remember if this was Matt's position or someone else's. If
you're out there Matt . . .
Scout


People sailed to wind before the wing....s;oops have been around for
awhile...and didn't schooners sail to wind? I know that aquare riggers,
etc. were inefficient going to wind. Bet Bart knows the answer.