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From: fbp@cybvax0.UUCP (Rick Peralta)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Sailboat pennant.
Message-ID: <640@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 11:33:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25 11:33:43 1985
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In article <3258@decwrl.UUCP> schoeller@alien.DEC  writes:
>If a boat was jiving into the wind, wouldn't the pennant be pointing more
>towards stern than bow?  Sure it would; and the boat would still be running.
>Boat sails are made so that when the wind fills them up, they create an air-
>foil.  This allows them to run without having the wind to their backs.  The
>boat must cut the wind at an angle but not directly into the wind in order for
>this to happen.  To move in the general direction of the wind, the boat must
>"jive" (in other words, make a zig-zag pattern running the boat to a point to
>the right of the source of wind and then to the left).  This causes the boat
>to travel a greater distance, but it is still moving against the wind.  There-
>fore, jiving the boat into the wind causes the pennent to point toward the
>stern (not directly pointing at the stern {unless during a jive}, but more
>towards stern than bow. 
>

I see what you are suggesting.  Sort of like skating on the apparent wind.
To get it to work wouldn't you have to pump the sail a bit as you came about ?
I'll try this next chance I get.  

>
>>	Which is the longest U.S. coast line ?
>
>As for the longest coast line, I would guess the California, Oregon, Washing-
>ton, Alaska, Hawaii (Pacific Ocean) coast-line.

Be carefull, this is sort of a trick question.

Rick
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