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Q: sail design and keel
How should the sail "power center" (excuse vocabulary) be located compared
to the keel center. In front of, or behind? To be able to sail high against the wind... what is most important? Morgan O. |
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Morgan Ohlson ) writes: How should the sail "power center" (excuse vocabulary) be located compared to the keel center. In front of, or behind? To be able to sail high against the wind... what is most important? On a dingy the centre of effort should be above the centre of lateral resistance. I'd get some books on designing and building small sailboats out of the public library and read up on the subject. You might also seaarch the Internet on "dingy cruising". There is a dingy cruising association in the UK with a website. I have a an old copy a book on dingy cruising by one of the members (Eric Coleman). Like any cruising sailboat heavier dingys with high sides are better suited to cruising and camping than light responsive racing dingys. There are a few US designers of simple utilitarian plywood boats for amateur construction, Glenn L Witt, Phil Bolger, ? Michalak(?), the Stevensons, and a fellow on the west coast whose name escapes me. Bolger does not have a website but Michalak(?) who is a disciple does as do the other two. Michalak(?)'s designs can also bee seen at www.duckworksmagazine.com. I know he has small plywood camping cruisers. Some of Bolgers designs can be seen at www.instantboats.com. In reference to your other posting ... The "fock" is French for the jib sail and means "seal" in French because the jib sail looks like a seal sitting out on a rock. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-FreeNet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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On 23 Aug 2004 12:04:28 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:
Morgan Ohlson ) writes: How should the sail "power center" (excuse vocabulary) be located compared to the keel center. In front of, or behind? To be able to sail high against the wind... what is most important? On a dingy the centre of effort should be above the centre of lateral resistance. I'd get some books on designing and building small sailboats out of the public library and read up on the subject. You might also seaarch the Internet on "dingy cruising". In practise, doesn't the real center of effort move depending on how well the captain stears? ....and should the theoretical center of effort (side view) the be exactly above centre of lateral resistance or slightly behind or in front? Does a jib sail improve sailing up against the wind? Morgan O. |
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Morgan Ohlson wrote in message .. .
How should the sail "power center" (excuse vocabulary) be located compared to the keel center. In front of, or behind? To be able to sail high against the wind... what is most important? Morgan O. It's more complicated that just the keel center. There is the CE on the sails and the CLR (center of lateral resistance) on the hull and appendages. They do not line up, the CE is in front of the LCR and how much is expressed is in % of WL. That % is named lead and varies in function of the boat, sail plan and mood of the designer. OK, experience of the designer. Plus the CE and LCR change . . . Any book about yacht design will explain that but my preferred one is he http://www.boatplans-online.com/prod...hp?prod=BFP001 Jacques from bateau.com |
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Morgan Ohlson ) writes: On 23 Aug 2004 12:04:28 GMT, William R. Watt wrote: On a dingy the centre of effort should be above the centre of lateral resistance. I'd get some books on designing and building small sailboats out of the public library and read up on the subject. You might also seaarch the Internet on "dingy cruising". In practise, doesn't the real center of effort move depending on how well the captain stears? ...and should the theoretical center of effort (side view) the be exactly above centre of lateral resistance or slightly behind or in front? the theoretical or desinged centre of effort on a dingy where the sailor can shift weight to adjust sail balance should be directly above the centre of lateral resistance, ecept on a boat with no rudder when I've found putting a daggerboard almost under the back edge (leech) of the sail is good. I also found that putting the daggerboard in at an angle gives more flexibility in adjusting sail balance. I originally put my daggerbords in at an angle to avoid breaking them on obstructions and to part weeds in the shallow lakes and rivers where I sail. The improvment in adjusting sail balance was accidental. Does a jib sail improve sailing up against the wind? what improves sailing up against the wind (close hauled) is height-to-width (high aspect ratio) which is why tall marconi rigs are on race courses. you'll notice that the Olympic Finn and Laser boats do not have jibs (headsails). I'm not certain about this but I don't think headsails make any difference over cat rigs (main sail only) on small boats. There is a difference of opinion over this based on theoretical handwaving. Jibs complicate single handed sailing but give a second person in the boat something to do and train sailors for bigger boats where headsails are useful. as for different sailing rigs for small craft, JA Marchaj did wind tunnel tests for the UN for fishing boats for poor natives who can't afford motors and fuel and found little difference among the different rigs except a low aspect latteen sail is noticably worse, and the marconi rig had a slight advantage sailing upwind. the most powerful sail was the crab claw sail which uses the same priciple as a kite (edge turbulence) instead of the airfoil principle. the problems with the crabclaw sail are the difficulty tacking and the difficulty adjustign the size of teh sail to different wind strengths (reefing). I think the crab claw sail is best suited to ocean sailing where the winds are steady and tacking or reefing are not done very often. I tried and experimental crab claw sail I called a bear paw sail and put photos on my website. try www.ncf.ca/~ag384/BearPawSail.htm or look under www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Boats.htm. there was also and article on it at www.duckworksmagazine.com which may be available in their online archives. an Interent search on "bear paw sail" should provide access to the article. one thing which does make a difference is a mast sleeve. it reduces mast turbulence at the critical leadign edge of the sail. Marchaj describes teh effect in one of his boats on sail perfromance. I've borrowed a couple of his books from the Ottawa public library. when chosing a sail for a non-racing dingy I mostly consider cost and ease of handling. I've used odd shaped sprit sails so far, except for the last one which was better desinged based on information I've gathered and put it in a file on my website at www.ncf.ca/~ag384/SpritSail.htm. I think that's what I called it. It can be found under www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Boats.htm hope that helps. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-FreeNet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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On 24 Aug 2004 13:34:07 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:
Morgan Ohlson ) writes: On 23 Aug 2004 12:04:28 GMT, William R. Watt wrote: On a dingy the centre of effort should be above the centre of lateral resistance. I'd get some books on designing and building small sailboats out of the public library and read up on the subject. You might also seaarch the Internet on "dingy cruising". In practise, doesn't the real center of effort move depending on how well the captain stears? ...and should the theoretical center of effort (side view) the be exactly above centre of lateral resistance or slightly behind or in front? the theoretical or desinged centre of effort on a dingy where the sailor can shift weight to adjust sail balance should be directly above the centre of lateral resistance, ecept on a boat with no rudder when I've found putting a daggerboard almost under the back edge (leech) of the sail is good. I also found that putting the daggerboard in at an angle gives more flexibility in adjusting sail balance. I originally put my daggerbords in at an angle to avoid breaking them on obstructions and to part weeds in the shallow lakes and rivers where I sail. The improvment in adjusting sail balance was accidental. Does a jib sail improve sailing up against the wind? what improves sailing up against the wind (close hauled) is height-to-width (high aspect ratio) which is why tall marconi rigs are on race courses. you'll notice that the Olympic Finn and Laser boats do not have jibs (headsails). I'm not certain about this but I don't think headsails make any difference over cat rigs (main sail only) on small boats. There is a difference of opinion over this based on theoretical handwaving. Jibs complicate single handed sailing but give a second person in the boat something to do and train sailors for bigger boats where headsails are useful. as for different sailing rigs for small craft, JA Marchaj did wind tunnel tests for the UN for fishing boats for poor natives who can't afford motors and fuel and found little difference among the different rigs except a low aspect latteen sail is noticably worse, and the marconi rig had a slight advantage sailing upwind. the most powerful sail was the crab claw sail which uses the same priciple as a kite (edge turbulence) instead of the airfoil principle. the problems with the crabclaw sail are the difficulty tacking and the difficulty adjustign the size of teh sail to different wind strengths (reefing). I think the crab claw sail is best suited to ocean sailing where the winds are steady and tacking or reefing are not done very often. I tried and experimental crab claw sail I called a bear paw sail and put photos on my website. try www.ncf.ca/~ag384/BearPawSail.htm or look under www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Boats.htm. there was also and article on it at www.duckworksmagazine.com which may be available in their online archives. an Interent search on "bear paw sail" should provide access to the article. one thing which does make a difference is a mast sleeve. it reduces mast turbulence at the critical leadign edge of the sail. Marchaj describes teh effect in one of his boats on sail perfromance. I've borrowed a couple of his books from the Ottawa public library. when chosing a sail for a non-racing dingy I mostly consider cost and ease of handling. I've used odd shaped sprit sails so far, except for the last one which was better desinged based on information I've gathered and put it in a file on my website at www.ncf.ca/~ag384/SpritSail.htm. I think that's what I called it. It can be found under www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Boats.htm hope that helps. What plus and minus do they have? Are all suited for unstayed mast? _Classical:_ gaff yawl gunter bermuda = marconi ? cat ketch Cat gaff _Non traditional_ crab claw bear paw Morgan O. |
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