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It captures the available wind power, putting it to use in moving the boat. The sail interupts the wind in it's course, and naturally moves forward. As the sail is attached to a mast which itself is attached to the boat, it drags the boat along with it.
A little more...The above is most accurate when running before the wind. Sails on almost all points of sail except running act more like a wing than a parachute, creating a low pressure zone in front of the sail (which sailors, pilots, and aerodynamic types call "Lift"). This low pressure zone sucks the wing or sail forward or up. The boat is indeed pulled in that vector, either at the points of attachment to a mast or a stay.
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Does a sail make the boat move slower or faster?
Actually, it does both depending on how you use them. The sails can move so a person sailing a boat can catch the wind by how they move the sail or they can also stop the boat by the movement of a sail or lowering the sail.
What is the name of the piece of canvas fixed to make a ship or boat move?
sail
What makes the bigger sail on the boat go faster?
The larger sail area causes a larger foil to pull the boat faster.
Is a rowboat faster than a sail boat?
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Does the size of a sail increase the speed of a boat?
Yes, because if the sale is bigger it will catch more wind wich will make the boat move faster. If the sale is smaller it will catch less wind and it will go slower.
Is a rowboat faster than a sail boat sometimes?
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Is a rowboat sometimes faster than a sail boat?
What
What the definition of the word sail?
Sail is a sheet of material used to propel a boat. - Or to move on the water in such a boat.
Why would a bigger sail on a boat go faster than a small sail?
yes
What shape sail will make a sail boat go faster?
In my years of Sailboating in the Waters of the Florida Coast I have found that the best sail to use would be a circular sail painted blue with pink polka dots
How the sail boat works?
Wind pushes in to the sail on a sail boat, the boat then moves.answer 2It pushes only when sailing with the wind directly behind. Most of the time the sail is just like a wing, the curve of the sail causes the wind to move faster across the front of the sail (Bernoulli says faster air, less pressure), slower air behind sail (more pressure) sail generates "lift" in a horizontal direction and moves the boat. Controlling the shape of the sail and its orientation to the wind controls the lift it generates.The keel counter balances the weight of the sails and rigging and the "lift" generated by the sails, it also keeps the boat from just skidding sideways across the water.
A piece of cloth that helps move a boat?
A sail
