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If a sailing boat is running before the wind, i.e. with the wind exactly behind, is it possible for it to go faster than the wind? If one thinks of a wind generator on the boat it could perhaps operate an electric propulsion motor to give any desired speed? But what about the apparent wind when the vehicle goes at the same speed as the real wind? This question is the subject of many arguments.