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mike ellis View Drop Down
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    Posted: 02 Oct 06 at 6:01pm

oh, ok

i suppose they would only get lee helm if they had bigger rudder foils than dagger foils. i think

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Originally posted by timnoyce

and surely if you heel to windward the foils produce upward lift which is not only lifting the boat out of the water but also forcing the boat upwind more?

You don't really force the boat upwind more, resisting leeway is resisting leeway to a good extent. The really neat trick about the winward heel is that a foil meeting the water with side load on creates tons more drag than one which is not side loaded. Because all the sideload is on under the water foils drag is even lower!
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