Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

tacking becomes faster than paddling the majority of the time (always for the long boat).

I've just tested that in the post you are quoting. Krave is very often better off rowing upwind. You can go all pythagoras on wiki and it will never tell you that in higher winds the ocean is rough and you cant keep that 45 for more than few seconds.

Now im starting to woder about longboat too. If sailing close to 45 deg is not reaching hull speed it would be faster to row in low winds too. But alas its more fun to tack soo...