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Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
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Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
On Nov 19, 11:00*am, Wayne.B wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. That'd be one exciting ride !!! |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
On 11/19/2012 1:17 PM, *e#c wrote:
On Nov 19, 11:00 am, Wayne.B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. That'd be one exciting ride !!! A couple of vids down the list they show the thing crashing.. The guy walked away just so I am not one of those folks who make you watch the vid to find out:) |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
Gogarty wrote:
Impressive! Such a small sail area. But where the devil did all those birds come from? The airport. Its just too dangerous around all those fast airplanes. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Why do mountain climbers rope themselves together? A: To prevent the sensible ones from going home. |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
On 11/20/2012 7:50 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:04 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:38 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. It is impossible to sail faster than the wind. === Not so. Wind surfers do it all the time, as do lightweight multi hulls. Ice boats have been doing it for 100 years. More correctly stated, it is impossible to sail faster than the wind in a dead down wind direction, at least on the water. A team of engineers recently managed to sail faster than the wind, dead down wind, in a specially designed land sailor on salt flats. It's all about the addition of force vectors. I think he is confusing it with the opinion that "it is impossible to sail faster than the wind, *straight down wind*". These guys just want to prove you wrong so much they jump in without really thinking things out... |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:57:05 -0500, JustWait
wrote: On 11/20/2012 7:50 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:04 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:38 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. It is impossible to sail faster than the wind. === Not so. Wind surfers do it all the time, as do lightweight multi hulls. Ice boats have been doing it for 100 years. More correctly stated, it is impossible to sail faster than the wind in a dead down wind direction, at least on the water. A team of engineers recently managed to sail faster than the wind, dead down wind, in a specially designed land sailor on salt flats. It's all about the addition of force vectors. I think he is confusing it with the opinion that "it is impossible to sail faster than the wind, *straight down wind*". These guys just want to prove you wrong so much they jump in without really thinking things out... === Maybe, but it is a tricky concept to get your arms around, just like the idea of being able to sail upwind. "Straight down wind" and "dead down wind" are the same thing. |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
On 11/20/2012 9:52 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:57:05 -0500, JustWait wrote: On 11/20/2012 7:50 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:04 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:38 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. It is impossible to sail faster than the wind. === Not so. Wind surfers do it all the time, as do lightweight multi hulls. Ice boats have been doing it for 100 years. More correctly stated, it is impossible to sail faster than the wind in a dead down wind direction, at least on the water. A team of engineers recently managed to sail faster than the wind, dead down wind, in a specially designed land sailor on salt flats. It's all about the addition of force vectors. I think he is confusing it with the opinion that "it is impossible to sail faster than the wind, *straight down wind*". These guys just want to prove you wrong so much they jump in without really thinking things out... === Maybe, but it is a tricky concept to get your arms around, just like the idea of being able to sail upwind. "Straight down wind" and "dead down wind" are the same thing. Well, I mean directly in the same direction as the wind, with the wind, parallel... etc..... can't be done:) |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
In article ,
says... On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:50:13 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:04 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:38 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. It is impossible to sail faster than the wind. === Not so. Wind surfers do it all the time, as do lightweight multi hulls. Ice boats have been doing it for 100 years. More correctly stated, it is impossible to sail faster than the wind in a dead down wind direction, at least on the water. A team of engineers recently managed to sail faster than the wind, dead down wind, in a specially designed land sailor on salt flats. It's all about the addition of force vectors. Any particular reason you edited out the second sentence, thereby negating the entire meaning of the post? And the little pony boy runs off down the same blind alley. No generous way to interpret their lack of understanding. It was clear to me. Being "most" generous, I just saw it as a double "whoosh." |
Good Video of Sailboat Going Almost 60 knots (about 70 mph)
On 11/21/2012 7:17 PM, Boating All Out wrote:
In article , says... On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:50:13 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:04 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:38 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=wnjyusAgk8I# Wind speed was reported at 20 to 25 knots. It is impossible to sail faster than the wind. === Not so. Wind surfers do it all the time, as do lightweight multi hulls. Ice boats have been doing it for 100 years. More correctly stated, it is impossible to sail faster than the wind in a dead down wind direction, at least on the water. A team of engineers recently managed to sail faster than the wind, dead down wind, in a specially designed land sailor on salt flats. It's all about the addition of force vectors. Any particular reason you edited out the second sentence, thereby negating the entire meaning of the post? And the little pony boy runs off down the same blind alley. No generous way to interpret their lack of understanding. It was clear to me. Being "most" generous, I just saw it as a double "whoosh." You and the other guy heard a double whoooosh maybe... |
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