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!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!aoa!carl From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Info requested on sailboards Message-ID: <224@aoa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 08:10:55 EDT Article-I.D.: aoa.224 Posted: Thu Aug 15 08:10:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 05:36:49 EDT Reply-To: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Followup-To: net.followup Distribution: na Organization: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Cambridge, Mass. USA Lines: 24 x x x 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. 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."