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Bubba
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Initially Posted - 10/05/2007 :  21:04:35  Show Profile
I saw this ad for the Nordhaven 56 Motorsailer in the October issue of SAIL magazine (p. 109).


Then I noticed a remarkable claim in the left column:


Last time I checked, motorsailing in dead air puts the apparent wind straight on the bow. Getting lift outta that must be some trick. What have I been missing all these years?
Dave & Deb

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Response Posted - 10/06/2007 :  07:39:54  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
You just have to keep turning in a big circle!

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 10/06/2007 :  08:39:30  Show Profile
I have a lot of experience with what Tangier Islanders call "slick ca'ms." There is absolutely no question that when I have the main up while motoring in no wind, I use significantly less gas. The main will produce lift if you raise the traveler to one end and sheet the boom in hard, thereby producing a slight angle of attack. I usually leave the jib furled, because the sheeting angles aren't tight enough. A boat with a foresail either boomed or sheeted to an athwartship track can probably sheet small enough to create lift.

That's what you've been missing all these years, and the oil companies thank you.

Brooke
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