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?

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?

Don't mind Nav, he doesn't know either.

The simplest answer would be the keel, but it really is more complicated
than that. here's a good place to start reading.
http://www.sailnet.com/collections/learningtosail/


Scotty
S/V Lisa Marie
Balt. MD USA

"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?

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

Good link. That's a good place to start.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Don't mind Nav, he doesn't know either.

The simplest answer would be the keel, but it really is more complicated
than that. here's a good place to start reading.
http://www.sailnet.com/collections/learningtosail/


Scotty
S/V Lisa Marie
Balt. MD USA

"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?

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

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

DSK wrote:


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


You went to school? Now that is a surprise.

Cheers

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.


It's called a keel. Perhaps you had better visit those elementary web
sites again.

Cheers

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.

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


Perhaps you had better visit those elementary web
sites again.

Yeah, maybe so...

BTW when are you going to show everybody all those emails?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King