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From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Info requested on sailboards
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 08:10:55 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 08:10:55 1985
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Organization: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Cambridge, Mass. USA
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I'm a rookie windsurfer (but not a rookie sailor) with a question:
what affects the ease with which a board tacks? Given two boards w/
similar sail, mass, length, one seems easier to tack than the other.
Is this something to do with the size and/or placement of the skeg
with respect to the daggerboard?
Any help greatfully accepted.
Also, any decent books around with this sort of info?
Thanx.



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