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

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

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

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"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

"DSK" wrote in message news
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

Neal,

It would be better for you if you'd, Shut the Hell up!

You haven't a clue to what, "High Aspect" really means.

Ole Thom

You are the one who's clueless. See the links I posted on the
other post where I made you look like a dweeb.

CN


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Neal,

It would be better for you if you'd, Shut the Hell up!

You haven't a clue to what, "High Aspect" really means.

Ole Thom

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

What does that mean?

"katysails" wrote

I'd name it Die Fledermaus...