Received: from hpindck.cup.hp.com by zonker.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.187.4/15.5+IOS 3.14) id AA26722; Fri, 10 Sep 93 11:51:20 -0700 Return-Path: <kenb@hpindck.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hpindkb.cup.hp.com by hpindck.cup.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.4/15.5+IOS 3.20+cup+OMrelay) id AA28969; Fri, 10 Sep 93 11:50:25 -0700 Message-Id: <9309101850.AA28969@hpindck.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Cc: 72017.461@compuserve.com-DeleteThis, ShellI_Matthews@taligent.com-DeleteThis, amulhall@pyramid.com-DeleteThis, cleland@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, cord@hpoemb.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis, craig@psc.org-DeleteThis, fred_schmidt@hpd700.desk.hp.com-DeleteThis, geisinger@admin.fhda.edu-DeleteThis, ghs@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, hahn@gigantor.nas.nasa.gov-DeleteThis, kenb@hpinddu.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, kenf@netcom.com-DeleteThis, kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis, kirk@hpoclpa.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis, lenb@Eng.sun.com-DeleteThis, luigi@paris.cs.berkeley.edu-DeleteThis, matt@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, mfabrega@raynet.COM-DeleteThis, missimer@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, schofiel@hpldsl5.sid.hp.com-DeleteThis, schuh@ra-iris13.arc.nasa.gov-DeleteThis, sjn@hpisod9.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, sjn@hpwssjn.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis, walter_menge@hp5400.desk.hp.com-DeleteThis, wind_talk@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Thursday - Coyote makes reparations (fwd) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Sep 93 11:39:57 PDT." <9309101839.AA26231@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 11:50:24 -0700 From: kenb@hpindck.cup.hp.com-DeleteThis
> >
> > I don't think thats quite the case with sails now days. As an example:
> >
> > KenB ~195
> > Scott ~180
> > Dan ~180
> > Terry ~120
> >
> > On a 5.3 day, all four of us usually rig the same size sail. I don't know how
> > but Terry who is 75 lbs lighter than KenB sails the same size sail as he does.
>
> Well, KenB doesn't have a 5.55, so of course he rigs the 5.3. And sure
> there's lots of variation, but you have to believe that sail size
> is *roughly* proportional to weight (all other factors being equal,
> which they never are) which leads to 0.8 m^2 per 30 lbs!
>
> As for Terry, she's just off the scale!
The main other factor is sailing efficiency. Just goes to show that I'm
getting more out of the same sail as Dan and Scott. Or maybe it just
explains why I go slower than them :-)
KenB
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