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Chetwood Associates' sail-like `wind dam' lands on Lake Lagoda - Building Design
The spinnaker shape is similar to the mainsail of a yacht

They might be good at architecture... but they don't know anything about sailing. The spinnaker sail is ballon-like in shape whereas the mail sail works like the wing of a plane.

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine

by UnEstranAvecVueSurMer (holopherne ahem gmail) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 08:54:11 AM EST
The spinnaker sail is ballon-like in shape whereas the mail sail works like the wing of a plane.

By that, you mean shaking so violently that it seems almost certain to fall off?  Or is that a Delta-only thing?

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 11:10:23 AM EST
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... the spinnaker shape is like the spinnaker of a yacht?

How counter-intuitive.

Oh, wait ... I find it more likely that they don't know which one is the mainsail.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 04:00:55 PM EST
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That's what I meant... unless the word spinnaker can refer to something else than a sail...

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine
by UnEstranAvecVueSurMer (holopherne ahem gmail) on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 11:13:58 PM EST
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