Talk:Sailing into the wind

Question

Can a sail act like an airplane wing? Is this a factor?LFlagg (talk) 02:31, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article in error

The adjustment to the sail is key, but it is because of the same principle happening in aviation that causes lift on the wings that causes the boat to be pulled forward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristopherTheodore (talk • contribs) 02:47, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a good video on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqwb4HIrORM — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristopherTheodore (talk • contribs) 02:52, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image

Wouldn't a diagram of the wind direction, boat direction and boat centerline of a boat sailing int the wind be very helpful? 110.32.192.72 (talk) 05:58, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the same thing as I read the article. I will try to find something that I can add to describe it. Holierthanthou (talk) 15:58, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A Plague of Templates

Hi all,

I certainly agree this article can be improved, but please tell me, how does this or *any* template help? If you find a problem with an article, well, go ahead and fix it! Don't just put up a template and expect somebody else to do your job.

Frustratedly, G41rn8 (talk) 21:57, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So if someone doesn't have the time or necessary subject matter knowledge to fix a clearly terrible article... they're supposed to just leave it untouched? Why? 156.34.227.129 (talk) 15:34, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

22 degrees?

The intro claims that there's a special angle, called "close hauled", which is 22 degrees from the wind direction, and is the closest one can sail into the wind. This claim is not sourced, and I couldn't find any other source making this claim.

Can this claim be justified? If not, I'll remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.142.5.161 (talk) 11:01, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]