Tag: Wind speed
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How to sail faster than the wind
The BBC has a great video of the Sailrocket’s world record beating run where it went over 50 knots. Interestingly the wind was only 27 knots, so how was it done? The physicist in me was intrigued. First, let us do a thought experiment. The boat is in a vacuum on a frictionless surface. Although…
Dr James Bayley 