One of the first things we teach sailing students is how a sail works. It’s physics- Bernoulli’s principle. High pressure moves to Low pressure, it’s that basic. We can harness the vector of movement and use part of that vector to power the boat forwards. The fastest point of sail is across the wind, on
Most novice sailors don’t think about sail twist, they just know that pulling in the sheets makes you go faster and letting them out slows you down. In low wind situations we need to get the most power out of our sail so we try to make it rounder, with more draft so it will
One of the eight required items to check for on a boat is a means of signaling a distress. An orange flag with a black circle and black square will suffice for daytime, but at night you need a bright light source. Pyrotechnics are the answer as they can produce thick smoke in the daytime
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