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Re: Wind & Current Navigation
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2003 Apr 17, 08:41 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2003 Apr 17, 08:41 -0700
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
