Sorry, Thom. You are wrong again.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/hk.html


"Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in
the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two
systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of
autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years. "

CN



"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Wrong Again Crapton;

Hong Kong is now a part of China under the Communist Gov. control.
OT


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"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

That may be a racing mentality but for cruisers, one reefs in heavy wind.

So, short of reefing, you're saying that there's only one required sail
shape for everythng up to, say, 20 knots, regardles of point of sailing? And
that the outhaul is redundant insofar as it offers adjustment of the sail's
belly?

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:30:44 -0800, (Thom Stewart)
wrote:

With
a free footed sail an awful lot of strain is put on the Boom slut.

Now, English isn't my first (or second) language....but somehow I've a
feeling there's a typo somewhere...if not, please fill me in.

Cheers!


Remco

Slot, not slut . . .


"Remco Moedt" wrote in message ...
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:30:44 -0800, (Thom Stewart)
wrote:

With
a free footed sail an awful lot of strain is put on the Boom slut.

Now, English isn't my first (or second) language....but somehow I've a
feeling there's a typo somewhere...if not, please fill me in.

Cheers!


Remco

Last time I looked, Hong Kong was a free, capitalist society
with no commies in charge of anything. Hong Kong used to
be a British Colony. Good Grief!

CN

ah, you are a bit behind the times.

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

Exactly correct. The designed shape of a mainsail for cruising does not
have
to be adjusted, either flattened or fattened in the normal wind range. My
mainsail
needs to be reefed around twenty knots on the first reef and around thirty
five
knots on the second reef.

Why does your boat have an outhaul, then?


Racers fool around with flattening sails but they argue about it. Some
claim a full
sail is best in light wind and others claim you should flatten the sail in
light wind.

I would be interested to hear why flattening the sail in light winds is
better than fattening it.


From the racing I've seen it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I
say,
keep the designed shape of the sail and don't fool around with it because
to
do so only makes it less efficient. How many airplane wings change their
shape
in the cruising speed range? Answer, none!

Invalid comparison. A plane wing that's designed for a slow plane is fatter
than one for a fast plane. Every plane fattens its wings, by means of the
flaps, for take-off and landing - much slower than its cruising speed,
whatever that might be. The range of winds that a sailboat might find itself
in doesn't equate to a notion of 'cruising speed range' - sailboats
experience a wide range of wind speeds. and have to set the profile of the
sail that's appropriate for the current wind speed. That's why they have
outhauls.

OzOne wrote


I believe that Cappy is a set and forget sailor.
I wonder what he'll do as the sail shape changes with wind strength

Check the anchor and open another beer?

wrote:


If your happy; so be it!


I'm not so much "happy" as I am GAY.

BBob

Old age and its effects can be understood and forgiven.

Being a total asshole willingly cannot.

Get lost, asshole!

CN


wrote in message ...
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:28:55 -0500, Capt. Neal® wrote:

Sorry, Thom. You are wrong again.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/hk.html


"Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in
the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two
systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree
of
autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years. "

CN


Thom has already demonstrated very completely that he has no grasp of geography
or navigation. He insists that he took a trip in a boat through places that
simply don't exist. When called on it, he dug himself even deeper with
corrections to his original statement that were even more incorrect. He just
kept piling more errors on top of errors. He even made up a story about what he
"thought" was the reason Shelter Island was so named. Wrong again!

He was a dullard when younger, and now that he is getting senile, it's really
hopeless.

BB


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Wrong Again Crapton;

Hong Kong is now a part of China under the Communist Gov. control.
OT


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage

Remco,

I sail with a female crew but not a SLUT among them'

A typo! excuse me.

Ole Thom


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