Wild Ride
 

Oz, have you seen this beast?

http://marine.bdg.com.au/images/spitfire/foiling5.jpg

Bart Senior

They would go even faster if they hired somebody to
cut and sew a pair of sails that had a higher aspect
ratio and not such a flat top.

CN


"Bart Senior" wrote in message ...
Oz, have you seen this beast?

http://marine.bdg.com.au/images/spitfire/foiling5.jpg

Bart Senior

I'd name it Die Fledermaus...

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
...
Oz, have you seen this beast?

http://marine.bdg.com.au/images/spitfire/foiling5.jpg

Bart Senior

Flat top sails are very efficient, particiularly on faster boats.

"Capt. Neal®" wrote
They would go even faster if they hired somebody to
cut and sew a pair of sails that had a higher aspect
ratio and not such a flat top.

http://marine.bdg.com.au/images/spitfire/foiling5.jpg

What does that mean?

"katysails" wrote

I'd name it Die Fledermaus...

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:42:42 -0500, "Bart Senior"
wrote this crap:

What does that mean?

"katysails" wrote

I'd name it Die Fledermaus...



The Bat.




Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

I'm convinced that Neal knows very little about sailing.

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"Bart Senior" wrote in message
...
Flat top sails are very efficient, particiularly on faster boats.

"Capt. Neal®" wrote
They would go even faster if they hired somebody to
cut and sew a pair of sails that had a higher aspect
ratio and not such a flat top.

http://marine.bdg.com.au/images/spitfire/foiling5.jpg

Crapt. Neal® wrote:
They would go even faster if they hired somebody to
cut and sew a pair of sails that had a higher aspect
ratio and not such a flat top.

Do you have a clue what "aspect ratio" means?

DSK

Bart Senior wrote:
Oz, have you seen this beast?

http://marine.bdg.com.au/images/spitfire/foiling5.jpg


I wonder if anybody has made an amphibious sailer? Take one of these
things and put foils on it. Imagine the thrill of sailing 30+ knots down
the launch ramp and into the water!

It's also interesting to see the radio control landsailers.

Thanks for the link, Bart.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message .. .
Crapt. Neal® wrote:
They would go even faster if they hired somebody to
cut and sew a pair of sails that had a higher aspect
ratio and not such a flat top.

Do you have a clue what "aspect ratio" means?

DSK

Of course, a high aspect ratio sail is tall and narrow along the cord.

In other words the wings of a glider are high aspect ratio whike those
of a fighter jet are not.

Those sails on that tandem rig are not high aspect ratio sails.
If those idiots wanted to go five or six knots faster they would
get somebody who knew a little about sails to design them a
more efficient pair.

CN

CN