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An object that apparently excites physicists' emotions...a wind yacht
that goes downwind at
wind speed X 2+
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/downwind-faster-than-the-wind/
(Which reminds me - there's a boat that can sail directly upwind - I
think THAT one
can go faster than the wind too....)
Brian W
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