Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site aoa.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!aoa!carl From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Newsgroups: net.rec.boat Subject: Re: sailboards Message-ID: <250@aoa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 07:41:17 EDT Article-I.D.: aoa.250 Posted: Thu Aug 22 07:41:17 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 01:58:59 EDT Reply-To: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Distribution: na Organization: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Cambridge, Mass. USA Lines: 21 re:sailboarding TO Greg Mountford I'm posting because "tektronix" said there's not such machine as "tekred", so I can't mail direct to you. Thanks for answering. I'm a little confused, tho': When you wrote "...learn to jib," did you mean "jibe" or is there a new maneuver in boardsailing? My confusion is basically that , of course, a jibe is not practical when heading upwind. Not to belabor the point, but I'm interested in the mechanics of tacking speed because to some extent the same things (drag, stability,etc) affect any turn. Darwin's Dad (Carl Witthoft) ...!{decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!aoa!carl @ Adaptive Optics Assoc., 54 Cambridgepark Dr. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-864-0201 "Put me in, Coach. I'm ready to play today. Look at me! I can be centerfield."