There are but a few insights of how sailing ships really behaved when tacked, though many factors might affect the time to complete the manoeuvre. This article is concerned with French tacking trials of square-rigged warships in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and introduces data on comparative performance.
Some Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century French Trials of Square-rigged Warships Tacking
The Mariner's Mirror ; 97 , 4 ; 289-298
2011-01-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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