I have a Cape Dory Typhoon, a day sailer that is not made for racing.
Categorized | SAILING TUTORIALS
On a sailboat, is it faster to sail on a dead run, or on a broad reach?
Posted on 08 February 2010 by
1 Comments For This Post
Leave a Reply
-
CATEGORIES
- EBOOKS (633)
- SAILING ACCESSORIES (363)
- SAILING ADVENTURES (16)
- SAILING BOATS (133)
- SAILING BOOKS (30)
- SAILING CLOTHING (70)
- SAILING COURSES (159)
- SAILING CRUISES (3)
- SAILING DESTINATIONS (193)
- SAILING DINGHIES (39)
- SAILING FOR BEGINNERS (69)
- SAILING LIFE (8)
- SAILING NEWS (6970)
- SAILING TUTORIALS (2988)
- SAILING VESSELS (12)
-
ARCHIVES
- September 2010 (23)
- August 2010 (399)
- July 2010 (511)
- June 2010 (594)
- May 2010 (582)
- April 2010 (473)
- March 2010 (784)
- February 2010 (642)
- January 2010 (589)
- December 2009 (807)
- November 2009 (565)
- October 2009 (257)
- September 2009 (492)
- August 2009 (630)
- July 2009 (694)
- June 2009 (825)
- May 2009 (653)
- April 2009 (562)
- March 2009 (385)
- February 2009 (3)
- January 2009 (5)
- December 2008 (1)
- November 2008 (1)
- October 2008 (1)
- September 2008 (2)
- August 2008 (2)
- July 2008 (2)
- May 2008 (3)
- April 2008 (3)
- March 2008 (2)
- February 2008 (1)
- January 2008 (1)
- November 2007 (2)
- August 2007 (1)
- June 2007 (1)
- March 2007 (2)
- October 2006 (1)
- July 2006 (2)
- March 2006 (1)
February 8th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Typically the broad reach is faster.
On a dead run the action of the waves and the boat plowing will slow you down.
On a broad reach most hulls cut the water cleaner and keep; the speed up.
Handheld GPS will let you know.