Dennis
Member
Years ago I gave my friend Carl my old blown out full rig sail. We sail side by side together fairly often in windy Tomales Bay. He is usually behind. He also usually capsizes more than me. Lately it seems that after he rights the boat he gets faster and points higher (or maybe I'm amused and not sailing hard enough?), and this has gotten to the point that before he boards the boat he capsizes it briefly at the beach and swears that the wet sail is faster.
I know in Ben Ainslie’s Laser Manual he says “…a wet sail and mast full of water is not at all fast.” But we're not talking about a mast-full here, just a wet sail.
I'll ask the experts: is there any possible scientific principle that would make this old rag faster while wet?
Dennis O.
Tomales Bay, CA
I know in Ben Ainslie’s Laser Manual he says “…a wet sail and mast full of water is not at all fast.” But we're not talking about a mast-full here, just a wet sail.
I'll ask the experts: is there any possible scientific principle that would make this old rag faster while wet?
Dennis O.
Tomales Bay, CA