THANK YOU JOE AND MAIN SAILdarmoose wrote:It is unbelievable that experienced sailors don't recognize intuitively that a propeller, otherwise unhindered, having a choice to either remain still or to spin when pulled through the water, will take the path of least resistance (which is to spin), thereby allowing the boat to sail faster. It takes considerable force to hold a propeller still when being dragged thru the water, and that force is working against the forward progress of the boat.
It is like dragging a door in a frame behind the boat and arguing if the door should be open or closed to sail faster
Neil says in my example of a sailing boat freewheeling its prop, that if i artificially slow the prop the boat will speed up. I then ask if I let go of the prop so that it speeds back up, what will the boat do, and he replys it will slow down.![]()
So I ask anyone, how can the prop speed up while the boat is slowing down (just what do you think makes the prop speed up)?
Why dont you help Neil with that, John![]()
Darrell
My wife says I am pig headed, stubborn, rude, politically incorrect (she goes on with this), and I just don't see where she gets it.
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I don't understand either, how anyone could get irritated with this discourse, as I seem to recall one has to click on the subject to get here, and one should know what to expect by now, shouldn't one?
I would love for someone to prove me wrong, but alas, no one(not even the great "instigator") steps forward to disagree with the above quoted question and offer relevent argument.. All I ever get is abstract analogies.
The really SAD thing is not that people will believe the last man standing, but rather will believe what someone has published in a book.
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And Merry Christmas to all
Darrell