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Motorsailing
Ahoy shopkins, If a boat hook falls in the water and nobody hears it did it really make a splash? The answer is yes you are creating apparent wind by motoring and the direction is exactly the course you are steering with the engine (why?) . If as you said there is no wind (other than that created my the engines foward progress ) then you should trim the sail to the point that its shape is full (no backwinding ). Any heel you get helps with motion as Jeff said. IF your profile heeled produces less drag then you might gain some speed. I have a design for an uphill siphon I like to sell you. Big Red 56
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