Olympic triangle be perfectly sharp, either, since it is a course. Traditionally the configuration of the triangle is an equilateral triangle (3 equal sides and 3 equal angles of 60 degrees) with a ratio of the windward leg to a reaching leg being 1:1. In that case the course length for the 9 legs described above is 9 times the length of the windward leg. The angle at each point of the triangle is 60 degrees. The windward leg is generally aligned with the average wind direction. Another configuration is a triangle with a right angle at the wing mark and 45
Equilateral triangle the location of "P". Pompeiu's theorem states that, if "P" is an arbitrary point in an equilateral triangle "ABC", then there exists a triangle with sides of lengths "PA", "PB", and "PC". That is, "PA", "PB", and "PC" satisfy the triangle inequality that any two of them sum to at least as great as the third. By Euler's inequality, the equilateral triangle has the smallest ratio "R"/"r" of the circumradius to the inradius of any triangle: specifically, "R"/"r" = 2. The triangle of largest area of all those inscribed in a given circle is equilateral; and the triangle of smallest