Neil,
this cannot be. As Rick said, if the CB was below the CG, the boat would
instantly turtle, at the slightest provocation (the state of equilibrium at
rest (flat on the water, with the mast upright) would be inherently unstable).
Btw. this is why we carry around the heavy keels (to move the
boat to offset the
extra weight of halyards aloft. Now there's an idea that should make
the crew happy.
Rick Brass
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Worse yet, one bad tack and the beer may go overboard!!!
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Abbott
Sent: December 4, 2013 9:30 PM
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Subject: Stus-List halyards again( 10 aloft = 1 on the rail )
Rick:
I am confident I
make the crew happy.
Rick Brass
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Subject: Re: Stus-List halyards again( 10 aloft = 1 on the rail )
Add to that the fact that as the boat
Add to that the fact that as the boat heels the weight on the rail
is also getting closer to the center of mass for the boat
I'd guess that at 63 deg heel the rail is likely dead overtop of
the center of mass - and thereby providing zero counterbalance.
I guess don't follow the adage of 10 aloft equals a man on the rail.
While the mast to rail distance is a factor of 10, there is a sin(heel) factor
for the aloft weight whereas it is a cos(heel) for the rail. That is, at zero
heel any weight aloft is equal to zero on the rail. At 20 degrees
