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Old 03-02-2012, 11:42 AM   #29 (permalink)
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...beats walking...
 
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Originally Posted by Tango Charlie View Post
Ken Fry just fried my brain. I'll try to wrap my head around sailing down wind faster than the wind again later, when I'm not quite so tired.

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...analogy: because the triangle hypotenuse (Z) longer than either of its X- and Y-axes.
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