@ct249, eh, no, you don't get it, not by a long shot This is why I give version ratings here -- ct249 is rationally reducing the "abstraction"...
qq writes: if it doesn't we should ask why... I'm sticking w/ my theory! (or hypothesis -- ct429 thinks I mean left to right -- I mean like a...
thx for the e-fort, quequen the heeled wet areas support what I got beaten-up for before -- my suggested ideal shape is two windsurfers, port and...
problem is... last time I posted here I ran into a pack of lunatics sorry about the reality check, but that is the way it was
I think you guys are over thinking this (as armchair-types tend to do). The blunt bow reduces the "pie slice" effect that catboats experience...
version 0.1 evaluation
That is why I am human.
Don't get paranoid, you are 1.0
My man!!!
"best angle of heel is zero" that's my point, "normalize" to heel to zero for on tack, with the mast tilted as if on a windsurfer. Design the...
[img] Here is an example of engineering from the angle of heel, which for this transat is 8-10 deg: "to windward they are slow and sail on a...
Ha, Vik'n to the rescue. This really is a subjective question; I think I should ask it "what angle do you feel exhilarated yet comfy at going to...
Check Swiss yards, the Swiss navy has some really impressive patrol capability. I believe that the Swiss Guard keeps their boats at the Vatican...
"There is no such thing" Forget that closed-minded approach. This is an across-the-board inquiry. This is a survey, like the census,...
I am curious what people think the proper angle of heel should be across the board going to windward.
Swedish or Swiss?
HUMAN 1.0 NOT ALLOWED?? [IMG]
There is a Scand. dublender at the far left of the first pict to compare! (not sure why I didn't take more of it) Click for more pictures of...
Funny.. I was just going to say that you!
Not 1.00, 1.0, as in version 1.0, or like mini transat 6.5, if that helps.
