DSK wrote:

Kernix wrote:
Okay - basic sailing - if the wind is at your back - yeah, the crew is
happy and sailing is easier and top speeds are obtainable - if the wind
is hitting your face - boo, the crew now has to work by tacking and
this is when the speed of the boat is at it's slowest


Walt wrote:
Basic sailing? Dead down wind is fastest? Close hauled is slowest?

Um....this somewhat depends on the boat, but neither of these statements
are correct.


I'm trying to picture how a train is going to tack upwind.

I'm sure you could get some Hollywood types to make a movie about it,
spend a couple of hundred millions, get Kevin Costner to be the
engineer! ;-)

Cheers
Marty