Gordon wrote:
This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator all
the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's
diameter an even 8000 miles.
G
This is like many problems to day if you over analyze you lose. Big
numbers get in the way of simple facts.