I think a large percentage of what you are going to get is folk displaying their biases and prejudices. To truly find out what the safest...
Reef points themselves on a dinghy will not take a great deal of load: they serve mostly just to tidy up the loose sail, so you really don't need...
I think a 420 or Contender rig will have a hard time doing the job. Going to be much better off with a stable fully battened sail. Really I submit...
Its been done. Steve (Cogito) Clark built such a boat using an A Class hull. Called it the Locust. The conclusion he came to, I think, was that...
I suppose there might be a difference between the length of time committed fans will spend watching an event and how long the casual viewer will...
You also need to consider the capabilities of the material. Carbon is the fibre of choice for spars because arguably its the only one that...
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Rule beating is maybe a bit harsh. It seems to me that the issue is that a very wide flat boat with a conventional bow which sails heeled upwind...
And a very old one. In one of his 1930s books Uffa Fox rails (in very un PC language) about J class rigs that fall down in a strong breeze.
Strictly speaking it wasn't rejected. The rule folks used a provision in the rule to allow them to make an adjustment. It was still allowed to...
One thought is that you are clearly seeing the event as a competition between the designer and the rule writers. The event organisers may not see...
Julian B is recorded as having hit 22.5 knots in a Tasar in 35 knots of breeze.
Structurally, yes, you're right it has some major advantages. Nothing like a triangle for adding rigidity. However really this can be looked at...
You won't ever get decimal place measurements, because there are so many variables, but the efficiency loss is considerable. The triangular jib,...
You may wish to look at the interminable aftmast thread... Aftmast rigs??? https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/aftmast-rigs.623/ The short answer...
It seems to me the question you are really wanting an answer to is "what should be the aspect ratio of my mainsail?" Discussion of physical...
Oh good grief people, enough.
But if the job in hand is to provide comfortable sleeping accommodation moored up in a marina with the occasional sunny afternoon sail out for a...
There was no One Ton rule (at that time anyway). The One Ton Cup in that era was raced under the IOR handicapping rule, with a rating (or...
It was racing under a handicap rule. With a handicap rule one of the jobs of the officials is to tune the handicap system so that any new...
