{"id":19930,"date":"2024-03-06T08:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T21:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?p=19930"},"modified":"2024-03-06T08:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T21:56:17","slug":"flat-is-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?p=19930","title":{"rendered":"flat is fast."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>that is one of the most important rules in fast skiff sailing: the flatter the boat, the more effective sail area, the faster the boat. this is why the fast skiffs generally have at least one person out on the wire: to use the weight to counterbalance the power of the sail, and make the boat go faster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"806\" data-attachment-id=\"19931\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?attachment_id=19931\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/29er-flat-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"667,806\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1709712664&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"29er-flat-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/29er-flat-1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/29er-flat-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/29er-flat-1.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/29er-flat-1-248x300.jpeg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>another important lesson is to set the sail controls correctly: for low winds the sail should be rounder for more power, in a stronger breeze a flatter sail will provide more speed &#8211; applied aerodynamics. coach alice made the girls play with downhaul (flattens the sail) and vang (straightens the rear edge &#8211; the leech &#8211; of the sail) to feel the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Upwind-practice-2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>nat thinks they did a bad job; i respectfully disagree. it takes a lot of practice to get to this point, and sail such a difficult boat fast and without go for regular swims. well done, girls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that is one of the most important rules in fast skiff sailing: the flatter the boat, the more effective sail area, the faster the boat. this is why the fast skiffs generally have at least one person out on the wire: to use the weight to counterbalance the power of the sail, and make the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/29er-flat-1.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MvER-5bs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19937,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930\/revisions\/19937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}