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Default My seamanship question #2


"Ellen MacArthur" wrote



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In irons and the wind is pushing you backwards at 2

miles an hour over the bottom.
The current is going the same direction over the ground

and at the same speed. 2 mph!
Your going backwards over the ground at 4 mph. Not

through the water.
The boat has NO freaking motion through the water and

the rudder won't work.
Duh! Forget about looking at the land. There doesn't have

to be any land in sight
and you're still dead in the water.
Enough!



If your boat is going backward at 4 MPH, and the current is
2 MPH ( that really should be in knots) then your rudder
should work just fine.

You're blond, aren't you?

Scotty



 
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