2007-10-18 01:49:39 · 13 answers · asked by reggaekid 2 in Sports ➔ Water Sports
Much like an airplane wing, it is both pushed and pulled. On one side, the wind strikes the sail and pushes the sail and the boat. On the other side of the sail, the wind has been blocked and there is a slight low-pressure region created. This low-pressure region causes the sail and the boat to be pulled.
2007-10-18 01:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sail is a method of harnessing the force of the wind, When the wind is directly behind the sail then it is being pushed. when the wind is at a 45° angle since the boat does not want to travel in that direction, so is the sail, then the boat is tacking, technical again being pushed, but there can be a shape as a wing of an aircraft being formed, which makes the sail longer for the air to travel at the front of the sail, than the back. Which then causes a vacuum at the front of the sail, Then there is a slight pulling and pushing, which is why a sail can be more affective at an angle to the wind, but you lose motion when you turn to correct your course, "called going about" when you swing the rudder and the boom comes over the boat, a dangerous manoeuvre in the wrong hands!
2007-10-18 02:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by Kitt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the two, in line with its course relative to the wind and its sail trim perspective. enable's say "pulling" is the consequences of carry on the forward floor, and "pushing" is the consequences of drag on the aft floor. If the sail perspective is at ninety deg to the fore-aft axis and the wind is from the strict, it relatively is pushing. If with with regard to an identical sail trim the wind is from the realm, it relatively is often pulling. And whilst the boat is thrashing (heading just about into the wind) and the sail is close-hauled, it relatively is pulling. right here the pull is oftentimes sideways and a few forward, however the keel or centerboard reduces the sideways return and forth.
2016-12-18 10:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-- it's like the foil on an airplane. The sail causes the air to move around the it, but the sail has to be dead-straight into the wind for this to happen (pushing) ... or in the case of no wind, you put up a spinnaker to catch the air inside the sail and move the boat (pulling.)
2007-10-18 01:55:50 · answer #4 · answered by karen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pushed. Planes are 'pulled up' by creating lift (low pressure); a sailboat's sail fills with wind and it is pushed by the high pressure.
2007-10-18 01:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Brian 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pushed
2007-10-18 01:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pushed. when you angle the sail right, the wind is pushing the boat.
2007-10-18 01:52:37 · answer #7 · answered by milkman2016 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of course pushed
2007-10-18 01:53:06 · answer #8 · answered by Varun G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's pushed .
2007-10-18 01:52:26 · answer #9 · answered by khanbmw 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pushed
2007-10-18 01:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋