Is it the apparent wind created by forward momentum? Is it possible to go downwind faster than the wind speed?
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Great replies and links! Makes sense now. I think the soap analogy and the idea that the boat will move even if the force of the wind were to stop really made it click. It’s funny because I am (what I would like to think) a pretty good sailor, so I use this principle regularly without fully understanding the physics of how it actually works.
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