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Old 24th Feb 2004, 17:16
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SawThe Light
 
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Turning downwind

Went water-skiing on the river last weekend. Couldn't figure it out, every time the boat turned downstream we sank into the water because the boat slowed down. It all makes sense now, obviously it was inertia.

Fact is we didn't sink during the turn. Boat speed never varied. Never expected it to either. Wasn't that the current was not strong enough as it was kinda quick in a few places.

Well - if we had sank into the water on the downstream turn I suppose we could have blamed inertia, couldn't we?
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