Exact same way an airplane wing works. Pressure on one side is higher than the other. Actually it is all semantics. I physics there is no such thing as 'suction'. Just a difference in pressure.
Eric Thompson S/V Procrastinator South San Francisco [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:23 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] wings and boats > Regarding the argument that 'suction' plays no > or very little role in > making lift on a wing, how, then, does a > sailboat go upwind? -Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
