How does that differ to her usual condition of standing by outside a harbour
with a fouled prop?

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| I'd say It's BS because boats are simply not that rigid and it's hard to
| measure to an accuracy of 4 thou on big objects. The flexability of most
| boats is such that the side stays limit the spread of the hull as the
| backstay is tightened (this is naval architecture 101). Current rig
| tensions are much higher than they used to be. Even Ella has a backstay
| tension of 2,500 lbs when beating.
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| Cheers MC
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| DSK wrote:
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| The_navigator© wrote:
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| 4 thou. measured on the back of a boat? Complete BS.
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| "The Captain...cap n all" wrote:
| I would have thought so.
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| AFAIK there was no reason to BS about it, the boat was a one-off
| and paid for. If I am interpreting the article about the boat
| correctly, the distortion was measured at the mid length along a
| straight from stem to center transom.
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| If one is installing high powered hydraulics to control the rig,
| it makes sense to make the hull & deck structure as rigid as
| possible, within reasonable weight limits. I haven't seen any
| figures for the distortion measured on the newest IACC boats but
| the early 1990s boats had very high rig loads (10K kg and up)
| and very little (if any) distortion.
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| Fresh Breezes- Doug King
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