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Herreshoff Pic... & more heel
Nice photo's. I looked at all of them
starting here. http://www.herreshoff.org/frames/mmphotoframe.htm DSK wrote http://www.herreshoff.org/frames/mmphotojboat6big.htm This is the America's Cup winner of 1930, an N.G. Herreshoff design and the last AmCup racer with a centerboard. The wind looks fairly light (although remember that this boat is 120+' LOA, which distorts the scale) and the boat is heeling 12 ~ 15 degrees... but look at the wake. Obviously the boat is moving well. But is it "powered up"? BTW the rest of the series os pretty nice too. I suspect that Navvie (and a lot of others) consistently overestimate heel angle. When you're on the boat, the constant motion makes it seem like the boat is heeling a lot more than it really is. I've had people tell me we were heeling 45 degrees when in fact it was only 20 on the fun-meter. When looking at pics, the angle of the leach always exaggerates the heel too. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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