Bryce wrote:
> "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message
> news:NzFCd.8207$5R.5285@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> 
>>Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>>
>>>"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message
>>>news:31FCd.8196$5R.2764@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>>>
>>>>Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>But I much prefer
>>>>>>sailing or boating. How is it even possible to not got where you
>>>>>>intend to?
>>>>>
>>>>>1. You want to go *this* way but the wind pushes you *that* way
>>>>>2. The wind won't push you anywhere at all
>>>>>3. You end up going upside down (assuming this is not the way you
>>>>>intended to go)
>>>>
>>>>I can sort of understand 2 (except that the wind normally doesn't
>>>>"push" you while sailing), but 1 and 3? Dude, you really suck at
>>>>sailing...
>>>
>>>I never claimed otherwise. In fact, of the many things I suck at,
>>>sailing figures prominently.
>>>
>>>But I've still got 20 years or so to learn.
>>
>>Lesson 1: The wind doesn't "push" the boat. Learn how airplane wings
>>generate lift and you'll be well on your way to understanding how to sail.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> I believe it "pulls" the boat. The differences in air pressure would suggest
> this.
> 

The force that is pushing is the high pressure under the 
airfoil,or in this case behind the sail. Low pressure doesn't 
"suck", it's high pressure pushing. So Neko Jeff is technically 
wrong but in practical terms he is right.