Part of being able to move depends on the sea state too. On Lake Erie on a summer afternoon with very little wind, the lake is often very choppy from a continuous line of powerboats zooming around every which way, and the boat will flop around flogging her sails to death, killing all speed. On the other hand, if the water matches the wind, if you can feel even the slightest breeze, the boat will move. There may not even be enough wind to give the sail shape, so you have to heel the boat a bit to let gravity help shape the sail (if you have conventional battens, anyway). Not everyone has the patience for such light air though; I personally love it, ghosting along silently. Tod
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Rich Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:55 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: How much wind
She'll move with the tiniest puff. Pretty amazing really.
Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
On Jun 25, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Klaas wrote:
can someone tell me how much wind it takes to move a Monty 15 . Where I sail there is always a tide , so I can't tell what is making me move , the wind or the tide . But Im wondering how much wind does it take Thanks KLaas