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Sailing is not a complicated sport Sir Isaac Newton formulated three basic laws that pertain to the motions and accelerations of all objects.
Let us have a look at the third law:
For any force exerted on an object, an equal but opposite force must be exerted by that object onto whatever exerted the force.
A direct consequence of this law is the conservation of momentum (Momentum equals mass times velocity). The conservation of momentum tells us that if the velocity of one thing is somehow changed (in either magnitude or direction) that the velocity of something else must also change accordingly.
Moreover, a large change in velocity of a light object can be balanced by a small change in velocity of a massive object. This is, of course, how... [ Read Article ]
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