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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: sail boat flag (proposed solution)
Message-ID: <643@terak.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 17:10:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 17:10:16 1985
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> 
> The surface speed of the boat surely cannot be greater than the surface
> speed of the wind.  Assuming (which wasn't really given in the problem)
> that the boat is movinwith the wind, and is facing the direction it's
> moving, the boat experiences relative wind from stern to bow.  So the
> pennant should be blown forwards.

If it's tacking into the wind, the pennant will be blowing aft.
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