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Also, "broad reach" would like a word with lfnoise. (It's complicated.) https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/186515/why-is-a-beam-reach-the-fastest-poin
by jws 3y ago
Also, "broad reach" would like a word with lfnoise. (It's complicated.)
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/186515/why-is-a-beam-reach-the-fastest-point-of-sail-on-modern-sailboats https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/186515/why-is-a-...
- bmm6o 3y agoThe polar diagram shown there is what should replace the ellipse in TFA. It's far more complicated than a simple geometric shape since it has to account for such practicalities as sail inventory.