Asked by Lindsay

How do the mainsail and the jib of a sailboat help the boat sail? What do these two sails have to do with force?
Answered by PsyDAG
Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "<I>mainsail jib force</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2006/Projects/J0126.pdf
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail
http://www.wb-sails.fi/news/470NewsAero/470Aero.html
http://www.barefootsworld.net/windwalker/aftmastsailingcalc.html

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
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