A look at the Finn under the water

9:42 PM Tue 19 Apr 2011 GMT

'Underwater forces - Finn sail development cycle' &copy Mikko Brummer/WB-Sails

International Finn Association . In a recent Finn sail development cycle, WB-Sails needed a 3D Finn model, with hull, cockpit, crew and all, to be able to simulate the sail performance more realistically. With the hull model there, they thought why not add a centreboard and a rudder and take a look under the water as well. Mikko Brummer from WB-Sails describes what they discovered. The model was taken out of Gilbert Lamboley's and Richard Hart's work on digitising the original Finn plans, 'Body lines definition and control', from 2003. We inserted a roughly shaped cockpit and centreboard case, with ...

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by Mikko Brummer/WB-Sails

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