how a sail works, who can help me explain?

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how a sail works, Windtunnel Tests.

Guess thats why you get sucked aground eh?

Cheers MC

dowra wrote:

And why is it sucked to leeward? Because it causes a vacuum and nature
abhores a vacuum, thus it sucks the sail forward.

Capt. Dowra,ESQ

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