Thanks all for great answers on this now old thread.. I have been sailing , sailing and sailing and havent had much time to think about design...
When i asked my first question i was thinking about the angle seen from the side , this turned out to be much more interesting.. Tomorrow Im off...
Thanks Viking an Eric for your answers.. Stay angle was the thing i meant, not shroud as i first wrote.. The question came up when we sat in a...
He is in a boarder between two wind systems it looks like.. Stay far away from land Sven... 33 NM / Day is slow slow slow .. That is the swimming...
Ah .. shroud angle . Maybe the right word is stay angle..
A Newbies question.. In every thing i read aspect ratio seam to be on of the most important thing for booth sails and fins.. I found plenty of...
His boat is strange :) But he has been down there in his "Bris" fighting to get around before he turned around and went Tristan de Cunja or what...
I dont think it cants.. Just turns and can be tilted up.. Its a big rudder i think.. 5 min in this film u se how it works......
I check his progress every day.. His plan was to go around Cape Horn the "wrong" way, but from what i read on his site he will do that whit his...
Ali.. I think u are pulling someones leg.. anchor in deep sea , gas turbine/battery houseboat etc. If u are not , im sorry... Then u cane blame...
Nice tread.. Maine B : Your "favorite" is on his way from Kinsale to Madeira. And the weather in the bay of biscay looks ok now , but its getting...
They are nice ,solid boats so lets hope so.. Never sailed on any. Just had a few beers on one or two.. But i guess any boat will do just fine for...
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Ok ok ok.. I get your points.. I never meant that this should be an online classroom for me. And sens I dont yet know everything i have guessed a...
Hi Bataan .. I understand what u mean. If i sounded negative ore anything i didnt mean it.. There is for sure a lot of comfort in a heavy boat. I...
Thanks both groper and Bijit.. Yes Bijit i mean L/B :) . your suggestion of a L/B of 7 sounds a bit high for me on a "small" boat like this.. And...
Baatan . I have looked at the sailing video, the sushi looks almost as god as the mainsail. :) Your added pic looks like a nice boat. I dont know...
Thanks again bataan for your reply.. I think your advice to build a small model is one of the best advice for me. I am not very good at...
Sorry for cutting in to this wonderful thread.. Ad Hoc , i tried to send u a mail a while ago, dont know if u got it.. I saw u are in the...
Added a maybe better pic... Change the lower wl so they are now right. I still wondering if u think i have got the different ratios...
