Scout wrote:
I didn't realize that the forward speed increased lateral resistance.
Er..wait a sec, could this also be called "lift"?

Sure. As long as you don't mind confusing the unwary... who might not
grasp the concept of "sideways lift."

The funny thing is that you can't have lift without an angle of attack.
If you have an angle of attack, you have leeway. So you must have at
least a little bit of the thing you're trying to avoid, so that you can
have less of it!


PS- this doesn't apply to boats with toed-in bilgeboards, twin
asymmetric daggerboards, or gybing centerboards.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King