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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:18 am
by Dimitri-2000X-Tampa
Yea sorry, I hadn't seen the 18 mph thread in the performance section before I asked the question here. I won't post about it anymore here and we can instead discuss it in the other thread:
http://macgregorsailors.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7262
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:53 am
by Trav White
I just assumed that my MAC 26X couldn't plane while sailing. My assumption is that the force of the wind on the sails creates a moment arm that torques the boat down into the water, thus making it a displacement hull while sailing and subject to the 1.34 X square root of LWL. I would think this especially downwind, pushing the bow down.
I just thought the Mac would plane under power.
Am I too far off base here?
Travis