Ships, Boats & the Deep

Sailing Into the Wind

Name: Sailing Into the Wind
Duration: 92 s
Description: Sailboats can sail almost STRAIGHT toward the wind. The sail is a wing, and the keel is the trick.

Sailboats can sail almost STRAIGHT toward the wind. The sail is a wing, and the keel is the trick.

Drop a leaf in front of a fan and it blows AWAY. Yet this sailboat is slicing along almost straight TOWARD the wind. How is that even possible?

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