the wind at a 90 degree angle to the boats direction of movement can still add momentum to the boat, but does not cancel out to a relative speed of zero as a wind directly behind would. the margins are slim so theres a shitload of drag mitigating features like hydrofoils that lift almost all of the boat out of the water.
the wind at a 90 degree angle to the boats direction of movement can still add momentum to the boat, but does not cancel out to a relative speed of zero as a wind directly behind would. the margins are slim so theres a shitload of drag mitigating features like hydrofoils that lift almost all of the boat out of the water.