Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cybvax0.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!fbp From: fbp@cybvax0.UUCP (Rick Peralta) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: sail boat flag Message-ID: <589@cybvax0.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 20:02:43 EDT Article-I.D.: cybvax0.589 Posted: Fri Jun 28 20:02:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:11:25 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Cybermation, Inc., Cambridge, MA Lines: 117 I recently acquired a sailboat cut from sheet metal and when I got it home it was suggested that the flag on top of the mast was facing the wrong way. Below is a crude sketch of the drawing. Is 'A' correct or is 'B' ? ==== I ==== A I ==== I / O\ / I I \ / I I |\ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | ________ | / I I | / \ | / I I |/ \ / / I I | / =============================== I I I I ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I / I / I / \ / Boat motion ---> I ==== I B ==== I ==== / O\ / I I \ / I I |\ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | \ / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | | / I I | ________ | / I I | / \ | / I I |/ \ / / I I | / =============================== I I I I ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I / I / I / \ / Boat motion ---> Warning: Word problem may give additional clues ! Word problem version: Iff a sail boat is heading east and the wind is from the west, which way will a flag piont if it were attached to the top of the mast ? or ( nautical lingo ) If a sailboat is running should a pennant face towards the bow or stern ? Rick ...!cybvax0!fbp "A likely story. I don't believe a word of it."