Thread: HR 2550 may make it illegal to wash your deck
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Default HR 2550 may make it illegal to wash your deck
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:16:16 +0700, wrote:

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In reference to rigging changes at different temperatures they
certainly do change in length with changes in temperatures. ...
in winter the colder
temperatures will cause the spars and rigging to contract and the
aluminum mast will contract more then the stainless rigging so your
comments on the necessity to loosen rigging for temperature change in
winter is correct.


Bruce in Bangkok

I'd hate anyone to take a Troll's sneer at face value like that.
I'm thinking of a race boat with a carbon fiber composite mast.
This material can have an extremely low thermal coefficient - as low
as 1 ppm /degC.

Most rigging would shrink more in Winter (but a few would expand when
chilled, wouldn'tcha know?)

Brian W
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