[Rhodes22-list] Faster than the Wind?

[Leland]

Mary Lou,

It was GPS.  I was heading north with the current about 45 degrees off the
port bow and I had thought the wind was about 45 degrees off the starboard
bow.

With the sails pulled tight and the wind indicators parallel to the sails,
it gave me the allusion that I was really heading into the wind, but I never
actually measured it.  Upon reflection, I couldn't have been heading that
much into the wind with the genoa outside of the outer shrouds.

The only time I've measured progress into the wind was in 12 knots with the
headsail lines ran over the cabintop.  Now I'm curious to see how much
progress you can make with them ran inside and outside of the outer shrouds.

Didn't think about the effect of current.  Thanks!

Lee



Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> Was the tide with you or against you? I'm assuming speed was over the 
> ground (gps) vs through the water (knotmeter). If it was through the 
> water, current doesn't matter. In any event sounds like a great day 
> to be on the water. Congrats!
> 
> Mary Lou
> 
> At 04:43 PM 4/18/2008, you wrote:
> 
>>Just looking for a reality check.
>>
>>Tiller locked straight.  Full 175 genoa pulled tight.  Board up.  Close
>>reach.  3.6 knots with an apparent wind of 4.3.  If it's not too windy, on
a
>>close reach I'm satisfied if I can do a little better than half the
apparent
>>wind speed.  If I plug in 45 degrees for the close reach, true wind
>>calculates to 3.09.  Is that possible?  I know catamarans and huge
monohull
>>racers can sail faster than the wind, but what about our boats?  I thought
>>maybe I made a mistake on the degrees into the wind, so I used 50 degrees
>>and still came up with 3.4 knots of true wind.
>>
>>Great day to be out in a boat that can sail in light winds.  Almost two
>>hours without touching the tiller in steady winds with no chop.  Almost
made
>>it to Rock Hall before the wind died.  Had enough time to leisurely power
>>back and discovered that at a slow, quiet pace I could lock the tiller and
>>keep on course by just shifting my weight every now and then.  Most I've
>>ever enjoyed powering.
>>
>>Lee
>>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>Kent Island, MD
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