RE: BRAIN TEASER
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Fri, 21 May 1999 19:04:33 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Sailor #1 will win. The apparent wind is zero, the drag of the apparent
>wind is zero. He travels at 2 knots with the current and with no wind drag.
>Sailor #2 has an apparent wind of -2 knots with the current. His wind drag
>forces are higher and therefore goes slower even though the current has the
>same speed.
>Jim Nolan
If Sailor #2 tacked, using the apparent wind, wouldn't he be able to add
something to the 2 kn current, and thus be able to go faster than Sailor #1?
(Great brain teaser!)
Harry Gordon