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Subject: Re: Wind & Current Navigation
From: Dan Allen (danallen46@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 11:41:37 EDT
On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 07:16 AM, George Huxtable wrote:
> The force will vary as the square of the velocity
Why the square?
> I think Dan's attempt to create a formula specifying the magnitude
> and direction of the net forces on his boat will fail
I am not really looking to actually calculate the forces each time I
leave the slip as much as to try and understand from a theoretical
standpoint what is happening. Then, armed with a few good observations
of the current and wind I would hope I could then have a better "seat
of the pants" feel to the situation in the future.
Thanks George for the considered reply.
Dan
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