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End Plate Effect | SailNet Community End plate effect is about making the outer end of a foil (wing) more efficient End plates are typically associated with keels End plates offer theoretical advantages in two ways First is the minimization of loss of pressure difference between one side of the keel at the keel tip and the other is in reducing tip vortex and therefore reducing drag In a heeled boat, the pressure differential
How to determine Genoa Size - SailNet Community The rating is how the sail's LP compares to the boat's J measurement The J is the horizontal distance from the forestay tang to the face of the mast on your boat probably around 12 feet The LP of the sail is measured by taking a line through the clew, intersecting the luff at 90 degrees (LP = Luff perpendicular) so if that measurement on your sail is 12 feet, it's a 100%; 18 feet, it's a
Where to sail in central Virginia? - SailNet Community So here I am in Richmond, VA (actually a few miles west, in far western Henrico County), and I'm doing a little Googling for places to sail a small boat (say, a 15 to 19-foot open daysailer trailer sailer) I find Swift Creek Reservoir in Chesterfield County, Lake Anna (which seems to be
Best Lakes in the US to Sail - SailNet Community The greatest lake to sail on is Beaver Dam lake in Northern Indiana I spent my youth sailing the summers away on that lake The lake is a little under 400 acres But, for a 12 year old kid and a old wood Lighting sailboat, it was every bit the adventures I read about in the books Breaking waves that were 2 feet tall
Spar vs. mast. Whats the difference? | SailNet Community These include booms and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces, as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat
Why is beam reach (or near to it) the fastest point of sail? If you sail upwind, you actually create more wind to work with (increased apparent wind), because you compound the wind as you begin to move into it Well, again, from a boat centered point of view this is correct The increased wind will push harder on the sails and rigging There will appear to be more energy available to drive the boat forward
Wyoming Sailing. . . what in the heck? | SailNet Community Guernsey's about the worst lake to sail: shallow, hot, buggy, and (as you note) essentially drained dry every summer The draw-down usually begins around July 4th, but in these drought years it was never full to start
Differences, advantages, disadvantages of sail configurations . . . I'm new to sailboats and I am in search for some kind of reference to the advantages and disadvantages of the different kinds of sailboats out there Specifically, the sails themselves Sloop, schooner, ketch, they all have different sail layouts configurations, what are the differences