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| David Sapp is a grade 9 student at Fountain Academy of the Sacred Heart School of Halifax. He is a competitive sailor who has raced in the optimist dinghy for the past five years. It is from this interest that caused him to do a project on sailing. He also competes in debating, cross-country, track, and math competitions. |
| David Sapp
Optimizing the Tack
| Challenge: | Discovery | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Halifax | | City: | Halifax, NS | | School: | Fountain Academy of the Sacred Heart | | Abstract: | I had sailors of expert and novice quality do on-land tacks in an optimist dinghy. While they did the tacks I measured the deflection times and angles of the rudder. I did this so that I could try to optimize the rudder movements in a tack in the optimist, thus improving the tack and from that improving results at competitions. |
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