DSK suggests that a Mumm30 "accelerates faster than a beach cat". Now
while that may or may not be BS it raises an issue. if you wanted a baot
to really accelerate well what sort of rig should it have? What about
SA/D? What boat(s) have the highest SA/D and are viewed as 'rockets'?

Cheers MC

Acceleration as felt on a boat is a direct function of
how rapidly she gains way.

To feel the most acceleration a sailor needs to have
maximum sail area to displacement ration.

In my vast sailing experience I can say with surety that
the most felt acceleration is that which occurs on a
sailboard in high winds when one can go from zero
to thirty or more knots in about three to five seconds.

No other sailing vessel can claim this acceleration.

S.Simon


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...
DSK suggests that a Mumm30 "accelerates faster than a beach cat". Now
while that may or may not be BS it raises an issue. if you wanted a baot
to really accelerate well what sort of rig should it have? What about
SA/D? What boat(s) have the highest SA/D and are viewed as 'rockets'?

Cheers MC

To feel the most acceleration a sailor needs to have
maximum sail area to displacement ration.


And hyrdrodynamically ideal wetted surface which is a 3rd factor.

RB

that which occurs on a
sailboard in high winds when one can go from zero
to thirty or more knots in about three to five seconds.

Could this be true? A sailboard gets to 30MPH faster than a Mustang or Saab
Turbo? 0-30 in 3 sec is pretty fast.

RB

Probably not Cappy, but when 6 tonne of boat starts that slide down
the face of a big ocean wave....nothing else in sailing compares to
the thrill.

Boats don't slide.


RB

Don't worry, you'll never feel it.

Cheers MC

Bobsprit wrote:

Probably not Cappy, but when 6 tonne of boat starts that slide down
the face of a big ocean wave....nothing else in sailing compares to
the thrill.

Boats don't slide.


RB

Actually, the do in the right conditions. This even happens in the
"protected" waters of the SF bay. There are pictures to prove it
in Lat. 38, and I have a racing friend who was on a boat when
that happened.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Probably not Cappy, but when 6 tonne of boat starts that slide down
the face of a big ocean wave....nothing else in sailing compares to
the thrill.

Boats don't slide.


RB

Boats don't slide.


RB

Really?
You are no sailor Bubbles.

A boat in the water in not capable of sliding. Look it up. Boats do not "slide"
through the water.

RB

Normally I would take this as a challenge to see if I could work out a physics
problem using skills untested for 30 years. But tonight is my Bible Study
group. Sorry.


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
that which occurs on a
sailboard in high winds when one can go from zero
to thirty or more knots in about three to five seconds.

Could this be true? A sailboard gets to 30MPH faster than a Mustang or Saab
Turbo? 0-30 in 3 sec is pretty fast.

RB

he never said "vast sailing experience", or experience with physics or
acceleration for that matter.
"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
that which occurs on a
sailboard in high winds when one can go from zero
to thirty or more knots in about three to five seconds.

Could this be true? A sailboard gets to 30MPH faster than a Mustang or
Saab
Turbo? 0-30 in 3 sec is pretty fast.

RB