Oh Yeah... that's right you always have the engine on so it's irrelevant!

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| Cheers MC
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| Capt. Mooron wrote:
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| Oh about 32 degrees in a pinch... You?
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| CM
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| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| | What's your point?
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| | Cheers MC
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| | Capt. Mooron wrote:
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| | How does that differ to her usual condition of standing by outside a
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| | CM
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| | "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
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| | | measure to an accuracy of 4 thou on big objects. The flexability
of
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| | | boats is such that the side stays limit the spread of the hull
as
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| | | 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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