In a recent Veritasium video, they discuss that a sailboat can travel further downwind than the wind speed. Steve Mould, in a reaction video, explained how a boat can travel faster than the wind at an angle, but not really how it can end up further down wind than the actual wind speed. I’m having trouble connecting these explanations…Links below for both videos.
https://youtu.be/u5InZ6iknUM
In: Physics
The sail acts like a wing that generates “lift” which adds more energy to the boat relative to the wind
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