DSK wrote:

DSK wrote:

Sailboats have a thingamajig sticking down into the water, like a blade,
which goes easily through the water forwards (or backwards) but resists
moving to the side.



Nav wrote:
It's called a keel.


Not always. Sometimes it is called a centerboard or daggerboard or leeboard or
bilgeboard, or in the case of windsurfers, a skeg.

Those are keels too! Keel is an all encompassing term for a plate
projecting from the bottom of a vessel.


A 'keel' is also a structural member...

It's also a mark.

Cheers

Forget it Horvath, she's a she.

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On 9 Feb 2004 13:13:38 -0800, (Julia) wrote this
crap:

I have a question. How do you make a sailing boat go when the wind is
blowing sideways? I know that when the wind is blowing from the front
the boat can't go and that when it is blowing from the back it will
push you through the water. But when the wind is coming from your
side what keeps the wind from blowing you sideways?

I am interested in learning to sail a boat and want to buy my own
little one first. What would be better, a runabout or one of those
little ones with a little cabin underneath?

How old are you, and how do you look in a white tank top and orange
shorts?




This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

Nav wrote:

....Keel is an all encompassing term for a plate
projecting from the bottom of a vessel.

Yeah right, OK, sure.

BTW when are you going to post those emails?

DSK

LOL !!!!!!


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
Doug, don't get so technical. Bob will have trouble keeping up with
terms like thingamajig.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Julia wrote:

I have a question. How do you make a sailing boat go when the wind is
blowing sideways?

You mean, as opposed to when it's blowing up and down?


I know that when the wind is blowing from the front
the boat can't go

Actually, that isn't exactly correct.


.... But when the wind is coming from your
side what keeps the wind from blowing you sideways?

Sailboats have a thingamajig sticking down into the water, like a blade,
which goes easily through the water forwards (or backwards) but resists
moving to the side.

Go here
http://asianyachting.com/AYmasters/l23.htm
and scroll about halfway down the page.




I am interested in learning to sail a boat and want to buy my own
little one first. What would be better, a runabout or one of those
little ones with a little cabin underneath?

Small sailboats without a cabin usually aren't referred to as
"runabouts."
I'd suggest something small and simple and inexpensive to start with.
There are several reasons for this, the main on being that smaller boats
are less work and more fun, also they are generally more responsive and
will teach you quickly.

Here are some other web pages with basic sailing info
http://www.andrews.com/kysc/terms.html#diagram

http://www.amya.org/sailmanual/part3.html

Some of the university sailing clubs also have great web sites with
basic
sailing lessons. One of my favorites is the University of Wisconsin...

http://www.hoofersailing.org/instruction

Unfortunately my old school does not have a basic "How-To" on it's web
site

http://www.ncsailing.org/html/module...showpage&pid=7

But anyway there is so much info on sailing out there that it sometimes
surprises me that there is room on the wwweb for anything else.

Nav wrote:

A sailor knows how to use the tools at his/her disposal. Try a google
search for such elementary questions and then ask harder questions
here.

Don't know the answer, eh?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote ...
Doug, don't get so technical. Bob will have trouble keeping up with
terms like thingamajig.

and billy jane will get excited.

DSK wrote:
Nav wrote:


....Keel is an all encompassing term for a plate
projecting from the bottom of a vessel.


Yeah right, OK, sure.

BTW when are you going to post those emails?


What emails?

Cheers

DSK wrote:

Nav wrote:


....Keel is an all encompassing term for a plate
projecting from the bottom of a vessel.


Yeah right, OK, sure.



Yet another basic truth Doug!

Cheers

BTW when are you going to post those emails?



Nav wrote:
What emails?

You said you were going to email Phil Bolger and get the full facts on
LPOS for one of his designs. Then you were going to email an SAYRA
official and ask him about using the CSR as a safety measure. IIRC
there were a few more little 'fact checking' emails you were going to
send, and post the results. Something about showing up all my BS.
Surely you haven't forgotten? Or did the results not come out the way
you'd hoped?

DSK

DSK wrote:

BTW when are you going to post those emails?



Nav wrote:
What emails?


You said you were going to email Phil Bolger and get the full facts on
LPOS for one of his designs.

Thats not what i said. I said we could email to verify my calculated LPS
after agreening terms for settling the bet.

Then you were going to email an SAYRA
official and ask him about using the CSR as a safety measure.

Yes I did that. I can tell you he didn't reply -as I suspected he
wouldn't. Perhaps I should not have mentioned your name. Why don't you
email him too -after all, you claim to know him...

IIRC
there were a few more little 'fact checking' emails you were going to
send, and post the results.

Ah, fantasy time! You mean when I asked the master of a square righged
ship master if letting sheets go would help a square rig ship stand up
(which you said would not work)? Want me to repost his answer?

Something about showing up all my BS.

You're doing very nicely all by yourself.

Cheers

Can't answer the question can you?
"Nav" wrote in message
...
A sailor knows how to use the tools at his/her disposal. Try a google
search for such elementary questions and then ask harder questions here.

Cheers

Julia wrote:

I have a question. How do you make a sailing boat go when the wind is
blowing sideways? I know that when the wind is blowing from the front
the boat can't go and that when it is blowing from the back it will
push you through the water. But when the wind is coming from your
side what keeps the wind from blowing you sideways?

I am interested in learning to sail a boat and want to buy my own
little one first. What would be better, a runabout or one of those
little ones with a little cabin underneath?