Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
I like it, we're on the same page on this one. All to often, the information given by multiple people trying to answer a question is contradictory, to put it mildly. I've seen what can only be referred to as "arguments" break out over the most mundane question as well as a complex one.
Could have started there - I should have been fully awake when I wrote -
Real life forces do scale, but linearly as far as the model is concerned. Sailboats are more scientific than first looks suggest.
Should have been
NOT linearly.
It's having to use roots and squares on numbers that throws a lot of people off.