Ask Jax, he can sail up wind under bare poles.

Scotty

"Blorgad" wrote in message
...
Hey Scott,

Sorry to be unclear. This is not one of the quizzes that get posted in
this
group, there are no points for finding holes in the test. I was really
just
looking for input on whether or not a normally moored, normal fractional
rigged sailboat could be turned aft to wind by its sails, particularly a
spinnaker. So, yes, a big fan is out, too.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Blorgad" wrote ...
I'm sorry, but I think that letting out enough line to go out for a
nice
sail, really clearly does not qualify as being moored.

you said nothing of 'qualifiers' when you posed your question.

So, by practically
moored, I mean that the bow is actually being held by the mooring and
the
boat is not drifting downwind on 100 fathoms of line. Also not a real
option is attaching helicopter blades and flying up and around. Nor
is
communicating with whales via arcane symbols on the spinnaker that
tell
them
to push the stern to wind.

So, a really big fan behing the boat is out, too?



And is there really any need to resort to name calling, just because
somebody thinks you're being slippery in your answer?

Yes, there is. this is Usenet, get used to it ya dumb Canuck hoser.

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Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__