In my experiment, I have a sailboat tied to a forcemeter. This means it doesn't move as I apply a wind strength, but I can measure the force output and record this. Because my boat isn't moving, the wind that I apply to it acts as the apparent wind because this is the wind strength and direction...
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If I were to simply calculate the ideal force of the sailboat sailing directly downwind with an open sail, where the wind interacts with the sail at an angle of 180 degrees, would one be able to calculate the force of the sailboat if there was no drag? I've tried this and the...
Just read parts of the document you passed regarding the physics of sailing... The conclusion summons it all up ;
"Ultimately, as has been mentioned, the determination of the lift and drag coefficients for actual yacht components must be left to experiment or numerical computation."
Not quite the same website, but same ideas! - Although I'm not entirely sure if Bernoulli is the more important factor whilst sailing upwind - In sailing we are dealing with relatively small speeds ( 5-20 knots most of the time). In Bernoulli's Equation, the decisive component is velocity as it...
Vector F_w, is the force the wind applies onto the sail. This direction is downwards and to the right yes. However, Newton's 3rd Law calls for an opposite force that counter acts the force of the wind (F_w) which acts on the boat and moves the boat a little bit forward and a lot to the left...
Sails can propel a boat in two ways.
The first occurs simply when sailing with the wind (downwind) where the sail is set perpendicular to the wind to proved the greatest surface area. The air decelerates as it hits the sail omitting a force onto the sail. As a result, according to Newton's 3rd...