They just come to you, don't they? The trick is in recognizing them. Dan
Hey Steve, If the blunt shape is breaking the surface it is going to be slow. All those blunt entry bulbs you refer to have very fine...
"So you are saying that it is the heeling angle that causes the problem, if any. A heavy boat with, say, a canting heel will not have any such...
"I for one would like to know some theoretical explanation of the one or the other opinion." At a physics level, large displacement with a fine...
The Clippers, with their great length to beam, had less trouble, but, to me, that seems to make the arguement for fine hulls to windward, rather...
At an anecdotal level, the sea literature is full of accounts of bluff boats having trouble pointing, hence the Panama canal. Dan
I am not suggesting the shroud/chain overboard business is a solution for a strike but rather it is a means of dissapating charge which marginaly...
"Its not so much what gets used rather than the fact that it is taken seriously and connected to something that gives a decent discharge path."...
The disadvantage is you have to know which sheet to release in a gust and you have to handle both sheets each time you tack. For that trouble,...
You are familar with the "cone of protection" idea? That thought is that the shrouds and the metal mast make a zone where the lightning will...
My perception is that no one suggests that the amount of mass, or displacement of a boat is a hinderance to windward progress, rather the reverse...
I used a double main sheet on my Macgregor 25, which had a similar bridle to the one you describe. I used a 4:1 purchase on both sides and a...
Hi Steve, I'd rather be on a heavy boat in a seaway. On flattish water, the boat with the heavier D/L will not do as well if the SA/D...
I did kevlar rope on my 110 sq ft rig, and it was fine, but I put it through a tight loop and would refasten it each time I setup, so it broke....
I would second the suggestion to look at the Venture/Macgregor boats for dirt cheap decent entry level boats. And if you don't get wood, you can...
If heavy is to mean big displacement for length, as the question posed, then the hull drag is higher. Dan
Myself, I would see what's cheap in the local newspaper, rather than fix on an idealized boat. Dan
