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Wind Effects - Coggle Diagram
Wind Effects
Increase According to
Above water area
Distance from
centre of lateral area
to LCG (lateral CG)
Aero drag coefficient
Use of rudder
To maintain course
Moderate ratio (Wind veloc / ship veloc)
Possible
High ratio
Difficult
Wind speeds over 10x ship speed
rudder can't compensate
with beam wind
Wind Speeds of 5x ship speed
Stable up to 50° from bow
Wind Speeds of 10x ship speed
Stabel up to 30°
High windage ships
low-speed ships
critically influenced by wind
\( Drag=\dfrac{1}{2} \rho v² A \)
