How do you trim YOUR SAILS
for Max Efficiency for Newton's Laws?

let me ask you a question, old man. are you REALLY saying that trimming is
sails is different if one believes in "bournulli" (as you do) as compared to
"Newton's Laws" (sic), or Quantum Theory, or Unified Theory?

if *that* is what you are asking old man, the answer is "trim the sails until
you are going as fast as you wish to go".

I really thought

no, you did not.

Don't tell us about a SAIL with one Curved Side.

old man, my comment about a sail "curved on one side" was intended to mock
*you*. it appears you still don't understand that.

old man, let me give you a hint. sails are curved on BOTH sides. think about
it for a few weeks.

We don't need to know
about Ground Effect on a Sailboat. A sailor isn't really concerned with
Downdraft or Updraft. We don't have Flaps or Props or Jets.

whatever are you babbling about? *that* is the reason you think air movement
reacts differently to a verticle surface than it does to a horizontal surface??
geesh, old man, air flow doesn't know or care.

old man continues with more tripe thusly:

A Sailor has Halyards, Outhauls, Sheets, Sheeting Angles, Cunninghams,
Vangs, Back stay adjustments, Forestay tension, Barbar hauls.

Yes Jax;

A Chord is Sometimes used in designing an Airfoil.

Poor, poor Jax. A perfect example of a little Knowledge being Dangerous.
For sure Jax has; "A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE" It seem damn little knowledge.

Jax, get your mind off the image of a Wing! A Chord is use in Airfoils
continually in a Sail without it being a design ingredient. It is the
result of and adjustment. A Chord in a Sail is the result of ajustment
or wind strength Even you admitted it became "Larger" when flaps were
deployed. You really aren't sure about that. but the resultant chord
varied.
It is more of measurement than a design.

There are Airfoil sections in Car roof lines, Building section,
Locomotors,etc. They are also found in wings.

Ole Thom

A Chord is Sometimes used in designing an Airfoil.

just sometimes, eh? you mean sometimes an Airfoil (sic) has no chord?

I guess I didn't know that.

WOW!! the things one can learn on the Internet!!!

A Chord is use in Airfoils
continually in a Sail without it being a design ingredient.

really? you mean an Airfoil (sic) or Sail (sic) can be designed with no
consideration whatsoever as to chord?

I guess I didn't know that.

WOW!!! The things you can learn on the Internet!!

A Chord in a Sail is the result of ajustment
or wind strength

Really? Without pulling the mast closer to the clew? Without stretching the
outhaul? Without compressing the boom?

WOW!! The things you can learn on the Internet!!

Even you admitted it became "Larger" when flaps were
deployed. You really aren't sure about that. but the resultant chord
varied.

Really, old man? And just how does deploying the ***flaps*** make the chord
larger? Deploying the flaps actually makes the chord *less* because the flaps
pivot down and towards the front of the wing.

old man, you are still confusing "chord" with "curve". Tain't the same thing
at all.

It is more of measurement than a design.

old man, listen up. "chord' *IS* a measurement, the distance ---- between the
leading edge of the wing and the trailing edge of the wing ----.

The design consideration is HOW LONG to make the chord.