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Huhh?
In Response To: Both of these 'theories' are WRONG 
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() Hey Rich,
Are you telling us that if the fluid has no viscosity, then we get no lift? I didn't do all that well in my masters program course in Boundary Layer Theory, but I find that very hard to believe. Keep this up and I'll have to dig out my old text books.
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- At what point between close hauled and dead down wind does a centerboard, or keel, stop lifting?
- The centerboard resists the sideways force of the sails....
- I made a diagram some time ago that shows the forces
- I took a real close look at this stuff when doing my article for PS.
- The centerboard resists the sideways force of the sails....
