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Axel Can you load a sketch of what's proposed please There are many sentiments I agree with in this discussion <Considering capsizing as an event that cannot...
... the ... Hi Robert. I clearly understand the difference between Atlantic and Harryproa, and as many here I guess, the interests of having accomodation ...
... My ... push ... I wish you are right…. […/…] ... Invention is something else. This is nothing more than an idea, based on no facts. Even if it may...
... Hi Matt, I'm afraid I can't really, having no scanner nor drawing software. Plus the fact that the little free time I have is spent in reading 3 times the...
G'day, Something else to put on the list of experiments. There are issues about attaching it to the solid bit of the hull, but otherwise it does, as you say,...
G'day, No, we were refused entry, regardless of whether we did a proving voyage otr not. I try to get Gray to do it each year, he is more interested in ...
G'day, Jzerro is apparently back in Seattle, no idea how it got there, but due to timing, I suspect it was as deck cargo. Regards, Rob ... From: "Jim Baltaxe"...
Assuming that there is an horizontal pin on the underneath of the crossbeams holding the lw hull. For a stiff mast. If nylon stays of the right diameter were...
Assuming that there is an horizontal pin on the underneath of the crossbeams holding the lw hull. For a stiff mast. If nylon stays of the right diameter were...
... For the sake of argument, I am just assuming your system won't work. As an alternative one could attempt some other mitigation other than leaning the whole...
Instead of adding the mechanical complexity and cost of springs and hardware to allow the mast to release under load, why not put one of those floats that...
Sailplanes, lightplanes and even jumbo jets have adopted winglets at the tips of their wings. Endplates were tried for years and found to cause more drag than...
... hardware to allow the mast to release under load, why not put one of those floats that looks like a little blimp at the top of the mast? You cannot capsize...
... attached ... of Climbing rope which while a linear core is fairly stretchy has elongation around 5% at near max loading, not enough to spill wind. Bungy...
The one thing that does worry me a little is getting caught aback. There isn't, conceptualy, any reason to fear straight capsize in an HP. All the factors are...
... at the tips of their wings. Endplates were tried for years and found to cause more drag than they eliminated. Winglets went through a gestation process...
... But fuses are used. That is, a length of cord designed to break at the desired tension and attached (sewn ?) to form a bight in the sheet. When the wind...
<Anyway, I'm done, since I don't consider any of this primary. BEEEP Wrong Got to disagree (with respect) If the C problem is not solved effectively from the...
I was thinking in terms of improving the efficiency of the sail at the masthead. That's probably not an issue on a displacement hull at 6 knots. When a multi...
... Nylon rope has a fair bit more stretch , which is why it is ideal for drogues and sea anchors. I don't think the method of flexible stays is practical but...
I am reefed to my gusts (ie not sailing) Northerly 35 knots gusting 45 knots, rising to 50 knots gusting 60 knots at times and Am reading an interesting Book...
... when he had to sail the Tri Steinlager 1 back to NZ minus a Float. I think that's pushing it a bit - my recollection is that Mike Quilter and a delivery...
Ok I think ( I don't know)they joked about Steinlager 1 changing from a tri to a proa I don't know, if you know of any referance material on Steinlager 1 could...
... more ... ingenious ... thank you ! ... thank you ! ... if faced with an insane population why should I not make as strong a point as possible ? ... if this...
... about ... you ... first you would have to deside on having a totally round or a combination of circles at the bow section and have it all soft or to have...
... the gravest danger is coming from a freak wave either if several wave systems coinside or because of breaking from a swell having ground contact in such a...
First of all, hi! I've been a lurker on this list for a while :-) Blake scared himself s**tless on Steinlager 1, after everybody told him that it wasn't...
<Historically, if you take the need for talent out of an activity, you wind up attracting a whole bunch <of participants who get into even more trouble because...
... the ... sheet. When ... metre or ... IIRC. ... Sure they are, but it's not like they are stock on F boats or something. They used to be promoted on the...
