Re: OT: FOAK Windmill Boat/Cart

On 23 May, 15:32, Champ <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2007 09:24:44 -0500, Mark Olson <ols...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I've had a good think about this and it DOES work. It should be
interesting to see which side of the argument folk come down on.
Hint: there are multiple people who have actually built such craft
and demonstrated that it does work, a short session with google
will turn them up.

I may not be the brightest, but even I won't argue that something that
has been built and works is impossible :-)

I think the 'these things exist' argument is a red herring. You can
see the boat, you can't properly see the wind direction. Also there
are painfully few of them. Which isn't to say they _can't_ travel
direct into wind, just that a theoretical proof would be better.

.

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