Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
It may be that I'm just not coffee'd sufficiently this morning, does anybody else see a topo map of a butt??
What is a good windward VMG?
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It may be that I'm just not coffee'd sufficiently this morning, does anybody else see a topo map of a butt??
shaggybaxter
Super Anarchist
Oh dear, thanks Steam. I needed that laugh, cheers!
alphafb552
Super Anarchist
Not for nothing
Super Anarchist
reminds be the best upwind speed I've seen in Florida was 55kts, on I-95,
left his AIS on
Floating Duck
Anarchist
This reminds me of my DREAM boat...
One that has upwind vmg as good as it's downwind vmg. Think, a completely circular polar.
Although that's easily "achieved" with 4ktsb... But you know what I mean.
The only sailboats that currently do this are the circus clown (AC) boats.
Would love to go, say, 12kts whichever way i point it.
One that has upwind vmg as good as it's downwind vmg. Think, a completely circular polar.
Although that's easily "achieved" with 4ktsb... But you know what I mean.
The only sailboats that currently do this are the circus clown (AC) boats.
Would love to go, say, 12kts whichever way i point it.
Dern near what the 12 meters did. 9 knots-ish regardless of wind speed or wind direction.
andykane
Member
El Borracho
Barkeeper’s Friend
Modern plumb bow. Plus has the dodger and Bimini setup required for contemporary cruisers. Plus plus, room for the required 30 kW genset and AC.
The answer to this question is always 747
SR71
That's the definition of a 6 Meter. It goes 6 knots in whatever direction you point it. Which makes it a very boring boat, except on the beat, when it's exciting because you can't see where you're going.
Any boat that does 12 knots upwind is almost certainly going to go faster than that on any other point of sail. Except dead down wind.
As fas as VMG: Catamarans, TP52s, Volvo 70s, Moths, I-14s, tris ... they all have bowtie shaped polars.
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Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
And looks really good doing it.
Just doing the math if I assume that sailing at 45 degrees to the wind is average and that gets you about 71% of your speed through the water then anything better than that is “good”. What the PO is not appreciating is that it is rarely this simple. Tide, current, wind conditions all affect the formula and different boats handle these factors differently.
The Dark Knight
Super Anarchist
The OP certainly comes over as a total dick.
These are my boats windward targets. I created this list based on a sistership’s ORC polars selecting the highest VMG (self calculated) per wind speed.
Fucked if I know what is good, but if I get near the target speeds I’ll be pretty happy.
These are my boats windward targets. I created this list based on a sistership’s ORC polars selecting the highest VMG (self calculated) per wind speed.
Fucked if I know what is good, but if I get near the target speeds I’ll be pretty happy.
If you're getting to the weather mark faster than the guy next to you, you're happy. Its all relative.
The Dark Knight
Super Anarchist
Exactly….. and for that you don’t need targets or polars
Suspect you already know this but you have a typo in the VMG column for the 20 knots row.
The Dark Knight
Super Anarchist
Lol, hadn’t noticed. 🥸
I made, but never referred to it, so never had a chance to pick it up.
