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Old 25-07-2016, 06:54   #1
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Why? Jibs on America’s Cup Catamarans
Why? Jibs on America’s Cup Catamarans.

If those mighty wing sails are so efficient, why are they putting a jib out front?

…particularly when sailing upwind, close hauled (which they do very often when creating those conditions with their big foiling speeds) ??

Why would they put that ‘soft sail’ out front? (not the code sail, but the jib)

(nice video clip of wingsail rig,....)
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