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--- drawingboard:components:propulsion:water [2024/07/08 13:35] – [Sails (TR -4)] tailkinker
+++ drawingboard:components:propulsion:water [2024/07/08 13:38] (current) – [Sail Performance] tailkinker
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   - Multiply the product by 25.  This is your sails' thrust in Newtons.
-This assumes a fresh breeze, which is about the strongest wind that you really want to sail in.  If the wind is stronger than this, the excess thrust generated by the wind will be eaten up crashing through taller waves.  However, if the wind is less than a fresh breeze, your speed will drop.
+This assumes a fresh breeze (about 10 meters per second wind speed), which is about the strongest wind that you really want to sail in.  If the wind is stronger than this, the excess thrust generated by the wind will be eaten up crashing through taller waves.  However, if the wind is less than a fresh breeze, your speed will drop.