Toshinari Takayanagi
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I have heard that "centerboard and rudder can also lift" twice. One case was a commentator of world cup laser medal race mentioning that in laser, sailers do not bring up the centerboard too high because the centerboard can create lift. The other was Paul Goodison's LASER HANDBOOK: p. 70: "Remember that the rudder and daggerboard will also create lift."
What "lift" do these mean? Will that is a force which can move the boat forward? This sounds a little odd to me because both sides of the centerboard and rudder are symmetric.
Thank you very much in advance,
Toshi
What "lift" do these mean? Will that is a force which can move the boat forward? This sounds a little odd to me because both sides of the centerboard and rudder are symmetric.
Thank you very much in advance,
Toshi