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Rupert
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Topic: LEE BOW EFFECT Posted: 20 Oct 11 at 7:35pm |
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I can see you'd get a curve if the tidal strengh changed over the course. |
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 11 at 8:46pm | |
It's the Coriolis effect
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G.R.F.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 11 at 9:19pm | |
The illustration assumes the tide coming on during an existing course as an extreme example to make the point.
If it was already there, then maybe a race officer might move the mark, or
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rogue
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 11 at 10:49pm | |
graeme- seamonkey is not my sockpuppet, look closer to home.
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gbrspratt
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 11 at 7:04am | |
It wouldn't curve. A curve indicates a variation. Either an increase or decrease on tide or speed. As everything is constant it would be straight. I can write that slower for you GRF if that helps?
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2547
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 11 at 8:32am | |
You seem to have moved this topic on to a totally new situation; perhaps you have now given up the deluded perpetual motion concepts of your youth ... awww ... man!!! we are so lucky to have you to point out these tactical hidden nuggets .... What you have sketched is basically saying if you sail upwind to the mark whilst your competitors overstand so wildly they end up beam reaching into the mark you will win ... no f****** s**t ... I'd have never have guessed. The standard of beach toy rallys in the 70s must have been pretty red hot for you to have seen this many times as I wouldn't expect even the most novice dinghy racer (or pondmonkey) to make such a basic error ... BTW if the current was constant you'd sail in straight lines ... |
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fudheid
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 11 at 9:11am | |
Its amazing reading this forum I've just read the first page again and would like to thank JimC for answering quite succintley the original OPs question on the first page! quoting that other great thinker axl rose " what we've got here is a failure to communicate"
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2547
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 11 at 9:15am | |
Not really ... more like failure of one empty vessle to accept the facts ... |
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Isis
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 11 at 11:25am | |
Seriously - Curves? this is just getting sillier...
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rogue
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 11 at 11:38am | |
actually fudheid, Civil War, great EP though it was (I have the limited edition embossed CD case somewhere in the loft) the opening lines are not a Rose original unfortunately- it's a sample ripped from Cool Hand Luke starring Paul Newman... the next line is 'some men you just can't reach' which is quite appropriate given a) grumpfy's short stature and b) his seemingly irreverent tactical wit you lot fail to appreciate.... So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you. Edited by rogue - 21 Oct 11 at 11:39am |
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