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Default Whats good about 30 degrees heel anyway?

“The starting point when dimensioning the rig is to calculate the
righting moment. It is commonly agreed that a heel angle of 30o is a
good design angle. This corresponds to a reasonably high wind strength
with the sails still generating high loads and the boat making good
speed through the water. Letting the boat heel over more....in reality
means a slower boat owing to increased resistance, with a
correspondingly smaller dynamic force.”

Principles of Yacht Design Larsson & Eliasson Adlard Coles 1994

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