"Tricky Question" Topic
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| Blutarski | 10 May 2019 4:06 p.m. PST |
How long does it take to tack a square-rigged warship? ;-) B |
| freerangeegg | 11 May 2019 1:23 a.m. PST |
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dantheman  | 11 May 2019 4:49 a.m. PST |
Nice clip. There are others with different ships, but this is the first one I have seen where they describe step by step. |
| Blutarski | 12 May 2019 5:13 a.m. PST |
I have accumulated some interesting data over time, which I plan to post here when I get a chance. In brief – time from putting the helm down to turn upwind to the initiation of forward movement on the new tack = (on average) anywhere from 6 to 15 minutes, depending upon wind strength, sea state, class of ship, crew skill. On of the interesting things I noted from track charts of the tacking routine was that, after having made stays, the ship would be often allowed to fall off all the way to the beam reach before commencing forward movement on the new tack. B |
| Stew art | 14 May 2019 10:07 a.m. PST |
something I was always confused on: is tacking faster than wearing? I thought it was, which is captains would opt to tack vs wear for the advantage of turning faster and of course not giving up position. but now I am not so sure. |
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