The effect of flow on an underwater (or in air) foil is to move the point of action to the 25-35% length point. Long, full hulls, such as HMS...
The Book Oceanography and Seamanship http://www.amazon.com/Oceanography-Seamanship-William-Van-Dorn/dp/0870334344 is an excellent work that...
Brian You may find this site of interest: www.weatherlysquareriggers.com where the square rigger that points is considered, and the fact...
I have nothing further. The Pelican website http://www.adventureundersail.com shows the maiden voyage postponed from October 2006, and...
Many years ago two up in a 12' inflatable (pre-RIB days) and a 20HP evinrude, we went up the River Hamble at about 6 knots (speed limit) with one...
TS Bob Allen, owned and used by the Sea Cadets in the UK is 42 ft and rigged as a (poleacre) brig. (poleacre = yards come down to deck) No-one...
works for me on NT4 running latest Firefox
The hull can be (I think) set up with lee helm. The rudder is used to make the hull foil assymetric. There is plenty of sail trim available with...
It is really only the wind from the beam up to close-hauled that balance really matters. If you take a full bodied hull - large merchant or...
Thanks Jehardiman. I had a bit more luck using "air curtain" breakwaters as a search string. I live near Cowes on the Isle of Wight, and Cowes...
Can you advise of any studies or tests that show this? The web seems devoid of hard data.
I have heard of Pneumatic Breakwaters some time ago, and I have found (via Google) some references always to definitions or in encyclopedias....
D'artois Sorry for not posing the question well - do you mean the yard on Thermopylae can swing from athwartship through 60 degrees (in either...
D'artois - how you measuring the angle? D'artois - how you measuring the angle?
Square Rig Pointing Thanx for all the responses - I suppose I am confused that some square rig vessels can point (I regard less than 45...
I have often wondered about the pointing ability of square rig vessels. MIR, the russian sail-training fully-rigged ship can sail easily at 45...
