I think the assumption is that downwind you'll only ever go as fast as the wind. Maybe I'm thinking about it wrong.
Josh Muckley S /V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 7:48 AM David Knecht via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > The polars for my boat predict an optimal downwind speed at an angle > around 145° true. Does anyone know what assumptions are made in this > prediction about spinnakers and whisker poles? I race non-spinnaker and > often on windward-leeward courses so we are often dead downwind and the > whisker pole makes a huge difference going downwind wing on wing. I am > wondering if the polars take this into account. Dave > > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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