Carl McHenry on Morning Star sent along the KP44 Polar Diagrams, and US Sailing, which generated the diagrams, was kind enough to allow us to show them here.  I will try to put an explanation of what a polar diagram is and how to use it in this spot, but meanwhile the following two links have some good information on them:

C34 FAQ: Polar Diagrams 

Basic Downwind Performance Part 2 (Sailnet) 

 Polar Diagrams are © Copyright 2002, US Sailing.  Reproduced by permission of US Sailing.

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Last modified: October 08 2007 10:24