The Physics of Sailing (2003)

I found https://www.nauticed.org/sailing-simulator immediately but there are also decent games out there apparently: https://www.reddit.com/r/sailing/comments/s0k7jc/simulator_t.... Apparently this is a good one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/794860/eSail_Sailing_Simu...

Ehh you definitely have to tack if you want to go somewhere windward. You can do about 45 degrees into the wind. In valheim.

Sailaway and eSail on Steam are OK if it’s winter and the lakes are frozen but as a sailor I just couldn’t get into it, plenty accurate but I’d rather just go sailing.

Sailaway III is a very realistic sailing simulator, with real airflow and sail and rigging controls, and real-time weather.

https://youtu.be/nljz2UW40hA

https://sailaway.world/

There is a very fun, and somewhat realistic global sailing navigation program. Look up sailnavsim. It is a sailing simulator not visual. (Except for maps.) You can join races, start a random race, and/or create your own races. By yourself, or against others.For example during COVID, we organized a open race from England to South Africa. The race runs in real time, so for open ocean races, depending on where you are going, it can take weeks. You leave your boat at a certain heading, then can leaner three computer - for an hour, a week, or whatever. But the wind can change. Using a wind map( link provided) you adjust your headings. Then check your SOG( speed over ground). If you're not careful, you might actuality go backwards. Also avoid Islands in the middle of the ocean( zoom in on the map.) So, in terms of navigation is quite realistic.

check out sailwind

Ultima IV, Quest of the Avatar. Okay maybe not entirely, but it's more accurate than your average game's concept of 'sailing in the same direction as the wind = fast'.

A high-performance foiling catamaran can, under the right conditions, make progress against a 10-knot current by using the apparent wind generated by the current itself. As the current moves past the stationary water, it creates a relative wind of 10 knots that the catamaran’s sails can harness. By angling its sails and using its foils to minimize drag, the boat can generate thrust and lift, potentially achieving a speed over water faster than the current. This allows it to tack or gybe efficiently, making indirect progress upstream.

Rudder movement is excess drag, the best of the best steer with the sails and weight placement.

Nearly fell out with a guy over rudderless sailing in my intro to sailing course years ago.

Too bad that I can barely read it on my phone because the text is so tiny.

Nor C.A. Marchaj: "Sailing Theory and Practice".

Real sailors arrive using the "colada" effect but lately there's been a growing reliance on the "chelada" effect since Modelo introduced those tasty red cans! They go down fast and make a day of sailing go even faster.

Coandă isn't a meaningful factor in the aerodynamics of sailboats.

It is perhaps possible that it contributes somewhat to the slot effect, but that is controversial.