tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788839592313788625.post7271589183643969105..comments2023-07-06T11:43:44.954-04:00Comments on Massapoag Sunfish Fleet News: A Complete and Utter Lack of EntropyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11976988700440826691noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788839592313788625.post-20155866445536863672014-11-17T18:54:51.026-05:002014-11-17T18:54:51.026-05:00Is that why I always feel younger when I sail a ca...Is that why I always feel younger when I sail a cat?Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788839592313788625.post-77445443271612658782014-11-17T18:33:39.079-05:002014-11-17T18:33:39.079-05:00Anyone who has seen me sail knows that there is pl...Anyone who has seen me sail knows that there is plenty of entanglement, entropy and uncertainty in my sailing. As far as Relativity goes, it goes without saying that catamaran sailors have aged at a considerably slower rate than Sunfish sailors due to relativistic effects, both from the gravitational effects of their relative distances from the center of mass of the planet and from the difference in relative speeds. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976988700440826691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788839592313788625.post-72670115576624662922014-11-17T11:52:13.877-05:002014-11-17T11:52:13.877-05:00Fascinating. Most people don't have the grasp ...Fascinating. Most people don't have the grasp of how physics applies to sailboat racing that you do.<br /><br />However, it would be more accurate to say that entropy is the measure of the amount of disorder in a system. In my experience there is often a lot of disorder in sailboat races, which means they have very high entropy.<br /><br />On the other hand, if there is no disorder then entropy might be very low. Zero entropy is very hard to achieve but some sailors believe it can be achieved in a super-fluid at very low temperatures. But I very much doubt that the Warren River is cold enough this season yet to approach this state.<br /><br />However you also have to take into account the uncertainty principle and the possibility of quantum entanglement. There can be quite a lot of uncertainty and entanglement in sailboat racing sometimes.<br /><br />And when you also take into account the theory of relativity then the observations of different observers can be very different, as has often been the case at protest meetings.<br /><br />More research is indicated...Sailing Physicistnoreply@blogger.com