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How come you have the Cp so low? 0.53 seems very low for a fast boat like a mini? With this low Cp, and with the LCB much aft, will there be enough displacement in the front sections to carry the large hedsails?
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Why You're talking about planning speed? Avarage speed report is here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~blvrd/html/statistics.html
Why You're talking about planning speed? Avarage speed report is here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~blvrd/html/statistics.html
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Without thinking to hard I wonder...
Why would you design a (hopefully) competitive boat around avg speed?
Surely most minis are designed for the higher speeds that they can achieve?
I haven't had the time to analyze Alik's/Leo's link yet but you don't design for avg speed. Since avg speed is the result of the time taken to travel a certain distance, you need to be able to go a lot faster a lot of the time to compensate for periods of nonexistant wind and also the reported avg speed does not seem tocare about that you go upwind at times, then the actual boatspeed is higher but VMG goes down.
Or am I out riding on a bike? (swedish saying)
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Why would you design a (hopefully) competitive boat around avg speed?
Surely most minis are designed for the higher speeds that they can achieve?
I haven't had the time to analyze Alik's/Leo's link yet but you don't design for avg speed. Since avg speed is the result of the time taken to travel a certain distance, you need to be able to go a lot faster a lot of the time to compensate for periods of nonexistant wind and also the reported avg speed does not seem tocare about that you go upwind at times, then the actual boatspeed is higher but VMG goes down.
Or am I out riding on a bike? (swedish saying)
ErikG
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I was not correct saying about average speed, we should cosider most probable speed. If speed distribution is not antimodal (hope it is), average and most probable speeds are close. By the way, does anyone have wind speed/angle distribution for Mini events?
Tad, I didn't know that McKee had such keel, it would be the best solution, sure, but this "sliding" keel needs more complex engineering. I have seen in the galleries on the net that as we can not seal the thru hull gap between keel and hull we must build a box from the bottom to a few cm over the waterline, and, logically this remains full of water to the waterline...
What do you think about that?
Alik, with my short classic knowledge i think that if we place aft the keel to compensate, as you say, we need to put the equipment more forward, including the helsman i had estimate 350 kg, more or less... implicity more gyradius and worse seakeeping performance (not planing) but by placing aft the keel we avoid the nosediving planing i suppose.
Daniel.
What do you think about that?
Alik, with my short classic knowledge i think that if we place aft the keel to compensate, as you say, we need to put the equipment more forward, including the helsman i had estimate 350 kg, more or less... implicity more gyradius and worse seakeeping performance (not planing) but by placing aft the keel we avoid the nosediving planing i suppose.
Daniel.
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Daniel;
I don't know if Mckee was sliding his keel fore & aft, or pivoting the keel fore & aft? I have seen the athwartships pivots setup with a massive pin with it's axis centered at the outside surface of the hull. The keel pivots, does not change shape, so a seal (probably a flexible boot inside) would be possible, without a trunk? But how to pivot in a circle? A universal joint with pivot pins fore & aft as well as athwartships?
If you were sliding, maybe it could be done with a double skin, one section sliding inside or outside the other?
Tad
I don't know if Mckee was sliding his keel fore & aft, or pivoting the keel fore & aft? I have seen the athwartships pivots setup with a massive pin with it's axis centered at the outside surface of the hull. The keel pivots, does not change shape, so a seal (probably a flexible boot inside) would be possible, without a trunk? But how to pivot in a circle? A universal joint with pivot pins fore & aft as well as athwartships?
If you were sliding, maybe it could be done with a double skin, one section sliding inside or outside the other?
Tad
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Well...? Don't keep us all in suspense.... what did you (she) have - a galley slave or a deck hand...?
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Willallison said:Well...? Don't keep us all in suspense.... what did you (she) have - a galley slave or a deck hand...?
Neither yet... It all stopped... bummer... Well if nothing happens until the 12:th they do their magic stuff...
hi all, I'm trying to design a Mini as well, I'm following this thread with great interest...
I was thinking about something like that.. I think the sliding is better than the pivoting, in terms of performance.. but it's more complicated; for a pivoting keel you just need a ball bearing, and it's almost watertight.
I was thinking about something like that.. I think the sliding is better than the pivoting, in terms of performance.. but it's more complicated; for a pivoting keel you just need a ball bearing, and it's almost watertight.
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Guys, you have to be careful to pass the stability tests. 10° of static heel & 90° righting test with 45+3kg at the top of the highest sail (not higher than 12m).
The competitive (wide & flat) boats weight about 800kg, carry 350kg of lead in the bulb and have the canting angle betwen 30 and 35°. Manuard´s design also carry the 150 liters lateral water ballast added to 32° of canting angle. He is still not entirely to the limit, static test is 9°...
The competitive (wide & flat) boats weight about 800kg, carry 350kg of lead in the bulb and have the canting angle betwen 30 and 35°. Manuard´s design also carry the 150 liters lateral water ballast added to 32° of canting angle. He is still not entirely to the limit, static test is 9°...
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