"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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| There are engineering reasons
| for that (plus it looks cool).
|
| No, what looks cool are big boat booms with holes in them.

Loco ... Please! Either join this discussion and add to it or stay on the
side lines and refrain from inane comments. I'm not being mean here.... but
I am requesting a modicum of intellectual input on an interesting
discussion.

Now allow me to ask you if you believe a vang as suited to load bearing
ability as a topping lift.

Let's refine this by placing the caveat that the strength of the vang is
equal to the strength of the topping lift in maximum load bearing abilities.
In other words if you beef up the vang you can as well beef up the topping
lift. Assume the loads are well within the stress capacities acceptable to
both the boom and the mast/shrouds.

CM


CM

Loco ... Please! Either join this discussion and add to it or stay on the
side lines and refrain from inane comments. I'm not being mean here.... but
I am requesting a modicum of intellectual input on an interesting
discussion.?

LOL........... As always your too full of yourself.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
|
| LOL........... As always your too full of yourself.

So in effect what you are stating is that you didn't understand the topic at
hand??

Clever!

CM

So in effect what you are stating is that you didn't understand the topic at
hand??.

In case you lost track there were actually 2 sub topics going on under the one
subject header. I contributed to one and not the other. The "other" is just a
rehash of the lever arm effect of a boom that took place about 6-8 months ago.
I answered it then. You should have printed it out and saved it.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
| In case you lost track there were actually 2 sub topics going on under the
one
| subject header. I contributed to one and not the other.

H-m-m-m... since you felt somehow obligated to reply to a discussion with
Doug... who actually knows what he's talking about and can present an
counter-point with sufficient arrogance and wit to warrant a modicum of
forethought prior to a rebuttal.... you manage to contribute this 'gem'...

No, what looks cool are big boat booms with holes in them.


Awesome!!

Really!

The "other" is just a
| rehash of the lever arm effect of a boom that took place about 6-8 months
ago.
| I answered it then. You should have printed it out and saved it.

Yes loco... I'm certain you solved that in short order.... unfortunately
the only reference I've found in the archives relates to you siding with
someone else's conclusions. .... but as usual not offering a logical reason
as to why.

Are you having Jax over for Crab Cakes anytime soon???.... you two should
'Talk"!!

Really!

CM