Read gg's lips "Simply put 50 knots is about the region where conventional rudders and centreboards start running into cavitation problems....
Would it be able to handle multi-element wings?
I would have throught that it would have made a bit of a difference to windward where you have the highest apparent wind speed and your VMG...
Software? What software are you using there RG?
You can't beat the physics but I have never cartwheeled the 49er with the kite up. 2 sail reaching on the other hand...... ahhhhh!....splash.
Weymouth Speed Week 2006 While I'm sure the Mothies are just having fun with their GPS speed readings, others are reading far too much into these...
The world without Dougs would be a poorer place I can't say that I agree with all (any?) of Doug's views but his enthusiasm is commendable. His...
The VPP appears to be saying that the extra weight of the solid wing counteracts the benefit of the superior aero performance of the solid wing....
No, I didn't. I was getting a little ahead of myself when asking this question. I was putting my A Class Cat on foils and was considering the...
Take it to Sailing Anarchy Maybe you should take this over to Sailing Anarchy (www.sailinganarchy.com/forums) so that people can have some...
Transient errors ...or more likely ....transient errors!
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Flatting of spinnakers From the website under Gaussian curvature & sail shape: "In sail terms, if the sail gets more curved in the vertical...
Lead length? For the uneducated, what is the lead length?
Longshot The fastest foiler over the official 500m was Longshot designed by Greg Ketterman. Its top speed was about 43.5 knots. It basically...
Drag coefficient for hulls I will have to get a copy. I used your references to it on your website for calculating the spray drag and...
Ahhhh Yes, found it in the Multihulls forum. Thanks
Unless I'm loosing the plot, we appear to have lost some threads and replies from the forum.
What I've written so far already plots the polar diagrams for a foiler with fixed parameters. I now want to optimise all of the parameters (CL of...
I was wondering what sort of optimisation algorithms are being used in modern velocity prediction programs(VPP's) and what their pros and cons...
