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76Trombones: Fastest Route to the Finish
Posted on September 14th, 2021
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This situation presented itself during one of the increasingly popular practice ...
76Trombones: VMC in Wind Shifts
Posted on September 14th, 2021
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So what is this VMC business? We’ll stick to a simple upwind case for now, but re...
76Trombones: Using VMC polars
Posted on September 14th, 2021
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So far we’ve only hinted at ways to use the VMC polars while starting to try to explain the...
76Trombones: Polar Diagrams – VMC
Posted on September 14th, 2021
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If VMG is just the windward component of speed, what is VMC and why is it useful? Whi...
76Trombones: Polar diagrams – VMG
Posted on September 12th, 2021
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Our sailing "Polar" is a diagram showing boat speed across a range of wind an...
Yachting World: 5 tips for optimising your polar diagrams
Posted on November 12th, 2015
To help minimise your losses you need to sail your boat to its target boat speeds. Jonty Sherwill asked designer Mark Mill...
When any two sailboats are within sight of one another, there is a race.