roger howell
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Sail is about 65 sq ft. Send an email address and I can attach a pic; too stupid to do it here.
Roget
Roget
Sail is about 65 sq ft. Send an email address and I can attach a pic; too stupid to do it here.
Roget
I tried the "right of way" ploy with my boating friends on several occasions whilst "sailing" but they OBVIOUSLY were unaware of COLREGS and replied with no end of insults and ribald comments...
The greater mass of boats does however cause a resistance to following the surface but may also cause it to extend the roll. When the wave frequency becomes just right the boat may roll excessively.
For a sail to reduce roll the boat must be rolling already or else thee is no movement through the air to create resistance.
A strong beam wind of course will set up some heel to resist roll against the wind but what about in the opposite down wind direction?
Here is the factory configuration of my boat with the full sail plan.
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I thought about doing this...
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Paravanes and a jib.