I was just watching a youtube video, Mermaid Monster. They were moored on a ball in a stiff wind.
Set me to thinking of a question....
obviously current will have a pretty direct affect on speed over ground
but what about wind in a slow boat such as a full displacement trawler
I don't know exact numbers
but just say a boat like that might have a typical wide open throttle speed of say 8 kts.
heading into an 8kt current would give a speed of pretty much zero, right?
now assume zero current
and ignore wave state for purposes of discussion
at around about what wind speed on the nose would stop the boat?...a boat such as their Nordhavn for example.
Set me to thinking of a question....
obviously current will have a pretty direct affect on speed over ground
but what about wind in a slow boat such as a full displacement trawler
I don't know exact numbers
but just say a boat like that might have a typical wide open throttle speed of say 8 kts.
heading into an 8kt current would give a speed of pretty much zero, right?
now assume zero current
and ignore wave state for purposes of discussion
at around about what wind speed on the nose would stop the boat?...a boat such as their Nordhavn for example.