I guess I understand, but you can always "test" on-deck moveable ballast by using a person, they're cheep and will work for beer. Regarding...
Tiller, by all means The tiller will always win in my book for a number of reasons: 1) Simple - a LOT less to go wrong, and in both racing and...
Weight in a foiling boat Doug, I looked in on your thread, curious I guess. I've got two questions: 1) As we all know from windsurfing,...
I think you're asking multiple questions: 1) what's the relationship (which is indeed a very complex function) between sail area and its...
Wow... long Mike, Thanks for all the comments on my post. I'm simply going to summarize, as opposed to going through things point by point;...
Mark, I know a "BS" call when I hear one, and no offense was taken. I've sailed in a number of 60+ knot blows and not seen seas like I saw off...
Mark, It was back in the early '60s. Although serious storms of hurricane strength happen up there a lot. In the '60s people didn't have...
Brent, You're talking about much smaller waves than I. Off Oregon we were attempting to survive a storm with 90 to 100 foot waves. The...
Thanks for taking the time.... comments below Mike, thanks for taking the time to have a look at what I wrote, I've responded mixed in below.......
Mike, The reason that heavy rigs are bad, in my opinion always bad, is that while they do resist a roll initially once the boat starts to roll...
Gaffer, As much as I adore bird's mouth spars, you probably don't want to do it just to allow you to more your halyards internal. There are...
Guys, I know that blasting along down wind in big waves and a big sea looks terrifying, and I agree that if one does crash it's ugly. I...
Boston, Simply put: The less stuff you have, the less it'll cost. Based on that, a cat rig sloop (without a jib, like a WyleCat) would be...
Some film of sailing in heavy weather All, I collected some film of folks sailing in heavy weather. The first is a Dashew (sp?) going along...
Fanie, I adore cats, tris are even better. But, that's because they are so fast that you can usually outrun the weather. I would NEVER turn...
Claverton, I went to the web site you've referenced, thanks for that. I would like to point out that this is a web site promoting the product,...
Richard, The difficulty most sailboats have with going against truly large waves is that the typically lack a motor large enough to guarantee...
Magwas, You are right, that a boat has the same "potential" energy when at the top of a 10m wave that it does when hanging 10m above the...
The right tool for the job - absolutely! Mike, I think you're basically saying: Choose the right boat for the task. This is something I...
A couple of Mike, I have a few comments where we don't agree. First, while I certainly agree that for any given boat a heavier one can be...
