The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 611
/ \ Fig. I. the wind were blowing in the direc-tion A, B, or C, the boat wouldmove forward ; if as at D, E, or F,backward, since it cannot move side-wise. Now the force of the windalways presses squarely against thesail, no matter if it is .blowingat an angle. Thus, in Fig. 2, … Fig. 2. if the wind is blowing with thelarge arrow, and the sail is turnedas at A, the wind will act just asif it were blowing with the dottedarrow, only with less force. Asthe boat can move only forwardor backward, it will go forward,since the force is in the rear of thesail. Now, if the boat and…
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