unsolved puzzle

[261252]

Heard a puzzle but not the answer.

Sailboat travels around the world at the equator.

Which part of the boat travels the most?

It seems to me the bow and stern have travelled equal distance however that the problem is posed leads me to believe I am incorrect.


Anyone know the answer?

 

[Thousand]

The tippitytop part.

 

[Rob]

The top of the mast

 

[OnTheWayOut]

the top of the mast would travel furthest

 

[stinkynuts]

Heard a puzzle but not the answer.

Sailboat travels around the world at the equator.

Which part of the boat travels the most?

It seems to me the bow and stern have travelled equal distance however that the problem is posed leads me to believe I am incorrect.


Anyone know the answer?

The top of the mast, since it is the highest point on the sailboat. The key is to picture it traveling around the equator. Imagine if the mast was a million miles high, and the sailboat was going around the equator, with the mast covering a much greater distance.

 

[261252]

The tippitytop part.

Gotta stop my linear thinking.

THX

Thought the equator had something to do with it.

 

[Aardvark154]

Gotta stop my linear thinking.

THX

Thought the equator had something to do with it.

That would also be true in absolute terms since the circumference of the earth is greatest at the equator so therefore by some minuscule (nanometre/nanometer) distance the center of an aircraft 100 meters/feet wide which flew exactly on the equator around the world would travel farther than the tips of the wings. However, I'm not going to loose sleep over it.

 

[261252]

That would also be true in absolute terms since the circumference of the earth is greatest at the equator so therefore by some minuscule (nanometre/nanometer) distance the center of an aircraft 100 meters/feet wide which flew exactly on the equator around the world would travel farther than the tips of the wings. However, I'm not going to loose sleep over it.

here is a thought.

What would happen then, if the aircraft kept circiling the earth non stop.
Would the stress on the wings, having travelled less distance , eventually tear the craft apart?

 

[JohnHenry]

Depends on whether the captain's time is up or not.

 

[Back Burner]

Hmmmm....Stop me if you've heard this. The mast?

 

[amber-jade]

here is a thought.

What would happen then, if the aircraft kept circiling the earth non stop.
Would the stress on the wings, having travelled less distance , eventually tear the craft apart?

no the '' crash '' would when it ran out of fuel...



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[LancsLad]

what about the far end of the boom? i'm guessing that there is a hell of a lot of tacking on a round the world sail trip.




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[261252]

no the '' crash '' would when it ran out of fuel...



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Not to be considered as this is a theoretical question although I assume you knew that.

Now that I think of it, I have posed a good question.

 

[LancsLad]

Assuming that the path is circular and if the tippitytop part is 10m high (for example), then it will travel 10m x Pi longer than the boat. Elementary stuff. (Pi = 3.14...)

10m would be the delta r, thus delta d==20, circum= pi * delta D



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[Stoo]

10m would be the delta r, thus delta d==20, circum= pi * delta D

A sailboat can't sail around the world at the equator you numb nuts.

 

[danmand]

A sailboat can't sail around the world at the equator you numb nuts.

correct answer.

 

[stinkynuts]

A sailboat can't sail around the world at the equator you numb nuts.

No one says it sails around the equator. It travels. Meaning that when it hits land, it is pulled by a truck on land, etc...

 

[OnTheWayOut]

Now that I think of it, I have posed a good question.

Would you mind sharing it with us please?

 

[Insidious Von]

Practical thinking suggests that the numb nuts answer is correct.

Theoretically if the sail boat travels continuously around the equator than the top of the mast; but if the sail boat makes one revolution around the equator from a stop/start position then the anchor travels furthest.

Fucked if I know.

 

[C Dick]

That would also be true in absolute terms since the circumference of the earth is greatest at the equator so therefore by some minuscule (nanometre/nanometer) distance the center of an aircraft 100 meters/feet wide which flew exactly on the equator around the world would travel farther than the tips of the wings. However, I'm not going to loose sleep over it.

I do not agree. If the wings bent to fit the curvature of the earth, then your statement would be true. But assuming that the wings stayed rigid, they would travel the same distance, the circles travelled by the wingtips and the centre point at the height of the wings would have the same diameter.