On 2007-12-06 06:07:42 -0500, Bruce in Bangkok said:

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:57:26 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

On 2007-12-05 15:21:11 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

Not to mention the fact he "bore away" which indicates he was running
so how come there is a lee rail underwater?

You can bear away from a reach, too..... Even square riggers could reach.


From what I've read they *might* get 45 degrees off the wind but even
then it was slow going.

Not sure they could get above about 60 without fore-aft sails, but even
with square riggers, the fastest point of sail is a beam reach, 90
degrees, so it's possible to bury the lee rail while screaming along.

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