Dover to Calais Single Handed

"......So, here are 2 statements... you tell me if you disagree:"
"1] SOW is only a function of engine revs or sail plan/set up.... and is not affected by tide"
"2] SOG is a function of SOW and tide, both direction and strength.."

Same engine revs upstream or downstream give same result? Even if engine revs = zero?

I think it all hinges on what is understood by SOW.

I now picture myself walking along a moving conveyor belt..

I now do invoke Language Barrier! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
"Lol... Wally lets agree to disagree...."

Neil,

It IS Language barrier, after all!

I had thought that my analogy with the moving conveyor belt would have 'conveyed' the message that what you had said was correct!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

My first language is Maltese and my second one is Italian.... I only revert to English when I have to.

Fair Winds, my friend!
 
Should the right hand diagram show a boat speed of 4 kts i.e. 4M marked off along the intended ground track on an arc from the end of the current vector to give you the final intended vector, not a 5M length?
 
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