well could the brainiacs in the group figure out how much more oomph it takes to push it from 36knots to 40?
If you don't know this, then you shouldn't be knocking Wouter's "geek-speak."
Drag goes with velocity squared, so...
(40/36)^2 = 1.234 or 23% more drag. Therefore 23% more thrust and at least 23% more stress throughout the rigging.
Yeah, it's
only 4 knots.
