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Saw this on sailnet and thought it was pretty interesting. Here's the riddle verbatim:
And to be perfectly clear what's going on here, I made this awesome paint jpeg.
Boats A and B are identical and sailed by equally skilled crew.
Both are same distance from finish line.
Both are in a ten knot current flowing in the same direction as the boats.
Boat A has ten knot true wind from astern, Boat B no wind.
What will be the result ? A B Tie
Why ?
(Boat A's True Wind is towards the finishing line. . Current is also running towards the finishing line.)
And to be perfectly clear what's going on here, I made this awesome paint jpeg.