Talk:Planing (sailing)

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There seems to be a glitsh in this page, so that it can be edited but the edits cannot be saved. Is it just me, or can anybody else try it out? I've been trying to sort the second link to NZ skiffs, but am tearing my hair out... TIA TonyClarke

The image looks more like the boat is being lifted out of the water by its sail... --128.218.19.195 02:32, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, sort of; spinnakers do provide upwards lift a the bow, which is good, as boats running downwind tend to submarine due to the torque on the mast. However, it's still climbing over its own bow wave (which it must do to exceed the hull speed, which is about 5.1 knots in that class) so it is planing, whether the lift is coming from the sail, the hull shape, or any horizontal foils (which look to be illegal in that class). scot 14:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
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