Re:How a yacht works: sailboat physics and design
by OldManAndTheCpp on Friday April 18, 2025 @08:55PM
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Counterintuitively, the bigger the boat the less the fitness requirement.
Small boats (dinghies) require crew weight in certain places (“hiking” as far out to windward as possible) and have less mechanical advantage in the boat systems.
Larger boats, the forces scale out of the human range quickly and the crew relies on winches and pulleys to move the sails.
Small boats (dinghies) require crew weight in certain places (“hiking” as far out to windward as possible) and have less mechanical advantage in the boat systems.
Larger boats, the forces scale out of the human range quickly and the crew relies on winches and pulleys to move the sails.