What is with you people? After 4 pages, no one has posted about the Vendee Globe and the boats that sail in it. [IMG] copyright BYMNews Roxy...
misunderstandings Your point about mast inertia slowing the roll period as not being the same as damping - "The increase in rotational moment...
Tcubed wrote: "Without damping all boats would capsize eventually given randomly generated surface oscillations. Generally, damping is augmented...
Being a newbie on this forum but an old hand in the Caribbean, first I would like to say - DO NOT think about sailing in the Caribbean in the...
What's wrong with modern, small designs? Having sailed two traditional long-keeled boats, one 45' and one 55', across an ocean with the usual mix...