Oracle Team USA - Tech Tuesday - science of the sails on an AC50
by Oracle Team USA on 13 Dec 2016
Oracle Team USA sailing their AC45S in Bermuda. The video looks at how soft sails work with the pod seen here below the base of the wingsail Sam Greenfield/Oracle Team USA
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Oracle Team USA's JB Braun presents a very interesting look at the design issues surrounding sail-design for the AC50 class and wingsailed multihulls.
There is plenty that is relevant to general sail design, and also an explanation of how the endplate effect works with the pod on the AC50, plus how the sail designers get a jib to get flatter rather than fuller as the wind strength increases.
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