sailor327
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I was just reading an article by paige railey in the may issue of sailing world and she said heeling your boat to windward slows you down. i always though this helped you.
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WestCoast said:I've seen some people do it, and it didn't seem to do much, but people do it, so they must be doing it for something?
mattsterett said:wrong, it feels and seems fast, but its not. FLAT IS FAST upwind
Merrily said:What about downwind? Seems lots of people heel their boat to windward just a tad when running. Is that faster? I don't know how they keep from an accidental gybe when doing that either.
Merrily
odinsvitskjaldr said:I don't know from experience, but it seems that heeling to windward while going upwind would cause the boat to head up some, since the centerboard and rudder would likely be creating resistance and doing less tracking in one direction and the center of balance would move to the windward side of the boat. Also, there would be less board in the water to resist slippage, so the boat should slip more to leeward if it is heeled to windward. Can my hunch be confirmed by anyone with more knowledge about the fluid dynamics of the boat?
sailor327 said:I was just reading an article by paige railey in the may issue of sailing world and she said heeling your boat to windward slows you down. i always though this helped you.
Merrily said:What about downwind? Seems lots of people heel their boat to windward just a tad when running. Is that faster? I don't know how they keep from an accidental gybe when doing that either.
Merrily
144679 said:upwind, as said above, FLAT IS FAST. tho when heeled to windward u can point higher but it is slow,
fastbreak_1 said:You sail a radial. what do you know
144679 said:Fastbreak - i'll think u'll find ur prejudices against me because i sail a raidial are unfounded.
if you took anytime at all to read the other posts you would notice this topic started of by talking about 'paige railey' and it may have escaped your attention but she too is a radial sailor, and would quite easily wipe the floor with you despite the fact you sail with a larger sail and so would Steve Cockrill owner of Roostersailing.com he is a radial sailor, go and ask him what he knows
fastbreak_1 said:Yes, heeling to windward down wind is fast but not nearly as fast as staying flat and sailing to the lee!
sailordude said:ya dude i your getin a little cocky. its not like your in the olympics or some or just because your bigger... im 14 thats why i sail a radial.