Jacques ) writes:

Planing with a sailboat is not the same thing than with a powerboat.
It's more like occasional bursts of surfing, not a real sustained
planign mode during which most of the lift comes from planing.

"occasional bursts of surfing"? you ought to read about the voyages of Ken
Dye(?) in his Wayfarer dingy in which he writes of days on end of
continuous planing under sail. all that's needed is steady wind of
sufficient speed, ie consistent power, like what you get from a motor.



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