at to the wind and water,and explained how a vessel requires either ballastor beam to prevent the wind from capsizing her,and needs draught to increase her lateral resistanceand prevent her from being blown to leeward, itremains to add that the longitudinal resistance tothe water must be diminished… … YACHTING AND SAILING. 21 water like a wedge, and she is given what is calleda fine run aft, so that her stern will not dragheavily. Again, the larger the area of the boats greatestcross-section (Fig. 23) the more resistance that re-sults and the slower she will travel. The area of the cross-section…
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