Making the most of cruising multihulls
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Sailboat enthusiasts should be familiar with certain differences of the multihull boats compared to the monohull ones. These include motion and feel, light-displacement sailing, visibility, sailing upwind, sailing downwind, gybing, surfing and downwind sails.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1999
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Velocity made better
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Velocity-made-good (VMG) parameters taken either from wind instruments or the GPS only works the intention is to improve a boat's performance. VMG measurements act only as indicators of the effectivity of the navigational optimization done by the sailors.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1998
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Working with set and drift
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The set and drift method of plotting sail boat location after a set period of time is helped by sticking with standardized procedures.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2001
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