Catbird Suite's flexible A-frame rig, see www.damsl.com Hello Brian, Quite a while back already, on this very thread, you mentioned Procyon's...
High Tacker UTILIZING RIG GEOMETRY AND CATAMARAN BEAM TO GAIN STABILITY Since we're discussing capsizing, rig strength safety factors, etc.,...
High Tacker REPLY TO TOx1c Re SAFETY FACTOR ON CATBIRD SUITE'S A-FRAME RIG I checked with Tony Stanton who is still running Malcolm Tennant's...
Mikko, I agree with you about most of this thread being a waste of time, but I suggest to you that most simulations, especially those that are...
ADVANTAGE OF LUFF ANGLE WITH SAIL TACK ON LEEWARD BOW OF A CAT On a cat with a big genoa attached to the lee bow, the angle of the luff is such...
Holy Cow! You guys do get carried away, and apparently some of you are just shooting at each other from your armchairs! Of course, against my...
To: P Flados Yes, of course, elementary. Boyle's Law and Charles's Law, compressing air makes it hot, and heats up the container into which you...
SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF A BOAT ROTARY SAILING DIRECTLY TO WINDWARD For those who can't quite get their heads around the idea of sailing straight...
I see that Jeremy and Kerosene are still on the ball. Thanks guys, for pointing to my long-winded explanation at www.damsl.com But Jeremy, you...
Right on! Straight into the wind at twice the speed of the true wind! Of course, being on land and on wheels is vastly different from a boat...
High Tacker www.damsl.com In the first photo in my last post above, you can see that the genoa has two blocks on its clew with a sheet...
High Tacker www.damsl.com When we were designing the A-frame rig for my boat, Catbird Suite, the idea of hinging the legs of the A-frame for...
High Tacker www.damsl.com Bendigonian, I searched my files and have only that same pic, labeled the same. It was sent to me by one of the...
High Tacker www.damsl.com Hey, this time I tried to tailor the analogy, so that I couldn't be accused of talking down to the audience....
High Tacker www.damsl.com kerosene, Holy Cow! Thanks for the supporting numbers. I repeat: Where the hell are the greenies when they're...
From before the preposition but from the back of my pea brain. What would be your estimate?
High Tacker www.damsl.com P Flados, Although I didn't say it in so many words, storage of energy was perhaps my main consideration, and I...
High Tacker www.damsl.com Wind powered air compression! Now we're talkin'! And now back to boats. For years I've thought that a wind...
Gonzo, I haven't said anything about whether English is your first language, but if it isn't, maybe that explains why you fail to get my point,...
High Tacker www.damsl.com Uh, Gonzo, actually it's the ratio of output to input, so you got it backwards, and, according to the Laws of...
