Sailing Faster Than The Wind - How Is That Even Possible?

It's possible to sail a yacht faster than the wind that powers it! Although it happens all the time, it's really counterintuitive. Can it be explained with Bernoulli or Newton? Or both? You can buy my books here: just like these amazing people: Glenn Watson Peter Turner Joël van der Loo Matthew...

13 min - Adventure & Extreme - Steve Mould

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