Sailing Definition and 26 Threads

1. Is it possible that sailing boat(going backward) turns less when rudder is full right, then rudder is at some smaller angle? Due to too high AoA and flow separation/stall, trailing edge of rudder is sharp that also lower stall AoA... 2. Analysis waterflow when object move at curved path...

https://www.saildrone.com/press-release/ocean-drone-captures-video-inside-category-4-hurricane The Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 was directed into the midst of Hurricane Sam, which is currently on a path that fortunately will miss the US East Coast. SD 1045 is battling 50-foot waves and winds of...

Who here goes sailing into the night? Anyone here sailors or owners of a sailboat/catamaran? I sail often and find it calms the exhaustion of the week. Though relaxing and transcendence to a time far away only when I'm fishing and pulling in a large fish does it really get exciting! Anyone relate?

There is a well known rule of thumb amongst sailors that a boat has a theoretical maximum speed called the hull speed, given by v_h \approx 1.34 \sqrt{L_{wl}}, where LWL is the waterline length of the hull. This so-called rule is pretty much complete rubbish; a boat can overcome this speed with...

This is not a homework question, I'm just curious. Suppose you had a sailboat sailing on calm water. Let's say the sailboat is capable of sailing at 10 knots under the current wind conditions using only its sails. Now say the sailboat had a small propeller motor that was capable of propelling...

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...

Hello there, I'm trying to write a sailing model simulator (for ships with sails) i got buoyancy force and gravity force calculated so far. Before i go any further i need to tell you how i am calculating anything, and what is my ship exactly. First of all i am making that on a phone, it looks...

Sails can propel a boat in two ways. The first occurs simply when sailing with the wind (downwind) where the sail is set perpendicular to the wind to proved the greatest surface area. The air decelerates as it hits the sail omitting a force onto the sail. As a result, according to Newton's 3rd...

Old timer in electronics. Small defense contracting business and manufacturing our own products mostly for Ship's at Sea. Ex Ship's Radio Officer, Avionics engineer, ex Marconi, traveled 65 countries, photographer, pilot, scuba. I will be 71 next month. Was long distance solo cruiser on my...

Homework Statement A man sails 30 km from a port P to a lighthouse Q on a bearing of 128 Degrees. Then he sails another 25 km to R on a bearing of 295°. Calculate the distance of PR. Homework Equations N/A The Attempt at a Solution Well , actually I solved all of the problems before this...

Homework Statement A ferryboat sails between towns directly opposite each other on a river, moving at speed v_actual relative to the water. a) Find an expression for the angle it should head at if the river flows at speed v_river. b) What is the significance of your answer if v_river >...

Homework Statement A boat is sailing on a bearing of 120° and has a speed of 4ms^-1 relative to water. A current has a speed of 2ms^-1 and flows south west. Find the resultant speed of the boat 2. The attempt at a solution I've been stuck on this question for an hour now and can't...

At Earth orbit, above the atmosphere, the solar power flux is roughly 1400 watts per square metre. This corresponds to a a pressure of 4.7 \muN per square metre, or roughly one two thousandth of the weight of a paper clip at the Earth's surface. A perfectly reflecting material would feel double...

Homework Statement At 9 a.m ship A is 50 km [E] of ship B. Ship a is sailing [N] at 40 km/h and ship B is sailing [S] at 30 km/h. How fast is the distance between them changing at 12 am? Homework Equations x^2 + y^2 = z^2 dz/dt [t=3h] = ? db/dt = 30 km/h da/dt = 40 km/h The...

Homework Statement A ships captain wants to sail east. His ship experiences a current of 5.0 km/h [N]. The ships engine can produce a speed of 20 km/h. What must the ships heading be and what is the ground velocity of the ship. I really don't know what to do I was hoping someone can tell me...

Today (25-10-09) I visited beach on the west coast with clearly south wind. Looking to the waves, there were some with height h | 2 cm < h <10 cm, with peculiar high velocity. They were sailing on the wind. Somehow waves of these height are kept up, are stalled in falling down and the...

Can you make a wind turbine powered boat or cart that travels forwards directly into a headwind without storing energy at any time? Like this: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/windmill_sailbo.php It seems to me that it's a bit like making a cart that's geared in such a way as to...

There are a lot of discussions on other forums (like in this one: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/wind-powered-sail-less-boat-24669.html, but there are a whole lot more) about sailing direct downwind faster than the wind (direct downwind, not sailing at an angle, of course). There's...

I have read about interstellar "sailing ships" that rely on radiation presuure. My question is not really technical, just something to mull over. But I figure that if we set a sailing spacecraft from earth, I don't think it will be able to get to another solar system. Sailing ships use...

Given the recent discussion/demonstrations of sailing downwind faster than the wind I was wondering if anyone has some ideas about the limits (either theoretical or practical) of sailing upwind. I was thinking in particular of a turbine driven vehicle going directly into the wind but I'd also...

I've been following this on another forum and am planning to build a non-propeller design to sidestep the sailing references. I accept that the vehicles in the videos linked in the other two threads presented on this forum are doing what it looks like they are doing without any trickery. I also...

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? I'm looking for something that would help the process of learning such things as your points of sail.

A sailor in a small sailboat encounters shifting winds. She sails 2.00 km east, then 3.50 km southeast, and then an additional distance in an unknown direction. Her final position is 5.80 km directly east of the starting point. Find the magnitude of the third leg of the journey. Find the...

(This is about SR. Really.) While learning sailing the other day, I was told I was understeering when tacking. Here's my problem: 1] "Close haul" is a Point-of-Sail less than ~30 degrees (or so) from head-to-wind. (i.e. if the wind is coming an angle less than 30 degrees off the bow, you...

Hi, Does anyone know about or any links about the physics of a sailing boat? Thanks Heaps.

Hi, I am considering a project on the physics of sailing (for last year before college, grade 11 for US I think), but I am still searching for am idea. I would quite like to include a small experiment in this project if possible (though not compulsory). If anyone has any ideas/links I would...