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Just been reading an article on these, seems 1.9 and above is a fast
boat, do we know what the no. is for Harry?







Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:36 am

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Just been reading an article on these, seems 1.9 and above is a fast boat, do we know what the no. is for Harry?...
oceanplodder2003
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Apr 22, 2006
2:36 am

... The Bruce number is simply the square root of sail area divided by the cube root of displacement. The numbers caclulated from metric or imterial units...
robertbiegler
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Apr 22, 2006
10:55 am

Visionarry figures come in pretty close to that of the harry. What also is important is the amount of sail that the boat can carry before tipping, and the...
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Apr 22, 2006
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<<Personally, I wouldn't recommend much more than that unless you either sail a boat small enough that a capsize is a mere nuisance, or you are an adrenalin...
Mike Crawford
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Apr 23, 2006
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Bruce No. is a very blunt instrument for comparison of just about anything, even light weather performance. It takes no account of righting moment, heeling ...
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Apr 23, 2006
10:48 pm

Thank you for that. Excellent answer. What do I want? A boat as fast as anything on the harbour with decent accomodation for practically no money. It's not...
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