Larry wrote:
"Roger Long" wrote in
:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote

Skippy's probably running to keep the rolling to a minimum.

Ah ha. A statement that makes me wonder if Neal has ever untied his
bananna boat and taken it to sea. Most sailboats I've been to sea in
roll terribly dead down wind since there is no side force to damp
rolling from the wave excitation that is still present and the eddies
of wind off the rig create large rythmic rolling forces.

Putting the wind on the quarter damps rolling but introduces other
uncomfortable motions and steering difficulties due to wave action. I
certainly don't think though that Skip would be going dead downwind to
maximize comfort.

--
Roger Long


Get me to the rail! I think I'm going to puke!

The motion of my roll around office chair coupled with Roger's ELOQUENT
description makes me...........wanna bring her into the wind!

Oh, how I hate that rolling with the waves on the quarter, trying to tear
the wheel out of your hands as it plows against the side of the rudder.....

.....after the rudder goes back underwater, that is...(c;




Exactly! I spent a most unpleasant four or five hours last year in a
quartering sea on Lake Ontario, waves were two to three meters, wind
wasn't all that strong, maybe 20Kts, at best, more likely a little less,
but 200 miles of fetch is enough to generate some good size waves. Of
course thay are not nice long rollers like on the ocean, 50 or 60 feet
crest to crest. Makes life really uncomfortable, the autopilot gets
totally bent out of shape when the boat rolls a lot and just gives up.

One wonders if Wilbur has ever set foot on sailboat.

Cheers
Martin