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peterMelbourneAustralia October 22nd 04 01:01 AM

mast strenght question
 
I am almost finished designing a 23ft proa and am aware of a new
aluminium section for sale; I would like to know if it will be strong
enough for a mast.

The proa has a mainsail around 100sqr feet (a little less). At either
end are small furling jibs for balance (30 sqr ft). The mast is round
section, 6m high, 82mm in diameter and 2.6mm thick. It is made of the
proper high grade aluminium from a professional mastmaker. It does not
have a track, the mainsail being attached to the mast via lashings.
There are 3 stays at the top, one forward, one aft and one to
windward, 90 deg to other 2. Three stays is all a proa needs!!!!

From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?

N. Peter Evans

Wayne.B October 22nd 04 02:01 AM

On 21 Oct 2004 17:01:27 -0700,
(peterMelbourneAustralia) wrote:
From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?


========================================

You really need to consult with an experienced spar maker. One of my
old sailboats was once dismasted and I was surprised to learn that the
key engineering variable is not sail area or wind speed; instead it is
righting moment.


Jim Conlin October 22nd 04 05:46 AM

Correct. Whatever the rig, if you have it mounted on a barge, or the land,
you have a big problem. If. however, it's on a boat that will turn over. the
force needed to turn it over is a strong as the rig needs to be. Find a
sparmaker or an engineer.

"Wayne.B" wrote:

On 21 Oct 2004 17:01:27 -0700,
(peterMelbourneAustralia) wrote:
From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?


========================================

You really need to consult with an experienced spar maker. One of my
old sailboats was once dismasted and I was surprised to learn that the
key engineering variable is not sail area or wind speed; instead it is
righting moment.



Morgan Ohlson October 22nd 04 12:52 PM

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:46:23 GMT, Jim Conlin wrote:

Correct. Whatever the rig, if you have it mounted on a barge, or the land,
you have a big problem.
"Wayne.B" wrote:

On 21 Oct 2004 17:01:27 -0700,
(peterMelbourneAustralia) wrote:
========================================

You really need to consult with an experienced spar maker.


You could look up on boats with the aproximately the same righting momentum,
and add some mariginals.

For stable boats the wind is crucial since it adds as v^2. So you must put
in "your maximum weather" and this part you usually don't know for other
boat modells... and your rig maker will probably ask...??? ...yes! you!

WANTED! Straight, approximative momentum formula suitable for 1 hull dinghy
(no transformation C's added).

I found a momentum formula more suited for cat's (I think):
http://www.bijlard.demon.nl/page20.html
(part of the stability number)


Morgan O.

James October 22nd 04 07:33 PM

The distance btween the mast and the base of the shrouds has a big effect on
the stresses of the spar......Narrow beam boats put huge compression loads
on the mast spar... wider beam less compression..
Just another factor you should maybe consider...

"peterMelbourneAustralia" wrote in
message om...
I am almost finished designing a 23ft proa and am aware of a new
aluminium section for sale; I would like to know if it will be strong
enough for a mast.

The proa has a mainsail around 100sqr feet (a little less). At either
end are small furling jibs for balance (30 sqr ft). The mast is round
section, 6m high, 82mm in diameter and 2.6mm thick. It is made of the
proper high grade aluminium from a professional mastmaker. It does not
have a track, the mainsail being attached to the mast via lashings.
There are 3 stays at the top, one forward, one aft and one to
windward, 90 deg to other 2. Three stays is all a proa needs!!!!

From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?

N. Peter Evans




Stephen Baker October 22nd 04 09:52 PM

Morgan O says:

For stable boats the wind is crucial since it adds as v^2.


For any boat, the stability (righting moment) is the only thing you need. Wind
is actually immaterial except for the small forces added by side-loading of the
spar by the main.

Steve

ddinc October 23rd 04 12:22 AM

The load on the mast is Righting Moment (1 degree)/ Chainplate base *45

The mast strength is a function og EI l^2

Do you have the moments of inertia?
length?

"peterMelbourneAustralia" wrote in
message om...
I am almost finished designing a 23ft proa and am aware of a new
aluminium section for sale; I would like to know if it will be strong
enough for a mast.

The proa has a mainsail around 100sqr feet (a little less). At either
end are small furling jibs for balance (30 sqr ft). The mast is round
section, 6m high, 82mm in diameter and 2.6mm thick. It is made of the
proper high grade aluminium from a professional mastmaker. It does not
have a track, the mainsail being attached to the mast via lashings.
There are 3 stays at the top, one forward, one aft and one to
windward, 90 deg to other 2. Three stays is all a proa needs!!!!

From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?

N. Peter Evans




Brian Whatcott October 23rd 04 01:15 AM

On 21 Oct 2004 17:01:27 -0700,
(peterMelbourneAustralia) wrote:

I am almost finished designing a 23ft proa and am aware of a new
aluminium section for sale; I would like to know if it will be strong
enough for a mast.

The proa has a mainsail around 100sqr feet (a little less). At either
end are small furling jibs for balance (30 sqr ft). The mast is round
section, 6m high, 82mm in diameter and 2.6mm thick. It is made of the
proper high grade aluminium from a professional mastmaker. It does not
have a track, the mainsail being attached to the mast via lashings.
There are 3 stays at the top, one forward, one aft and one to
windward, 90 deg to other 2. Three stays is all a proa needs!!!!

From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?

N. Peter Evans


A 3.5 in diam round section with 0.1 inch walls sounds reasonable.

You might like to proof test the mast in your application.

Take 4.5 lb /sq ft as the wind load at 60 mph.
130 sq feet would load the structure with about 600 lbs if caught
broadside in a 60 mph gust,.
Support the mast at the foot and at the level of the stays, then
dispose the weight of 600 lbs of kids - perhaps eight or ten of 'em?
Have them sit along the mast in a representative way.
.. Does the mast retain a set after this load? It's not strong enough!

Brian Whatcott Altus OK


Stephen Baker October 23rd 04 02:19 AM

Brian says:

snip Mr. Wizard experiment

Does the mast retain a set after this load? It's not strong enough!


Correction, Brian - it WASN'T strong enough ;-)

Steve

Brian Whatcott October 23rd 04 04:46 AM

I knew you'd just love this one!

:-)

B

On 23 Oct 2004 01:19:18 GMT, ospam (Stephen Baker)
wrote:

Brian says:

snip Mr. Wizard experiment

Does the mast retain a set after this load? It's not strong enough!


Correction, Brian - it WASN'T strong enough ;-)

Steve



peterMelbourneAustralia October 23rd 04 08:40 AM

Thanks for your input, all very scientific. Having the mast tested
using weights has some logic to it.

The boat is a proa, a multihull. The side says (there is only 1) is 4m
from the mast. Mast is 6m high. Righting moment could be rather high
as I was hoping for 50kg of water ballast in teh outrigger at 4m to
windward. 50L water ballast tank need not be full I guess.

The mast comes from a professional mast/spar maker.

The boat is a proa. Main hull is 23 long, 2 ft wide, boat weigh
unladen is less than 200kg. Not intending to break speed records.

I was hoping to do a comparison with a boat like a Hobie 14 cat. I
wonder what their mast dimsnsions woudl be, cannot recall the mast
section details of the windrush 12 cat that I used to sail, for some
reason never got around to measuring it. Feel that a hobie 14 - 12 has
simialr sail area/righting moment, is stayed out wide as per proa. So
what is good for that would be good for me.

N. Peter Evans

Stephen Baker October 23rd 04 01:26 PM

Nicholas says:

Thanks for your input, all very scientific.


;-)

The boat is a proa, a multihull. The side says (there is only 1) is 4m
from the mast. Mast is 6m high. Righting moment could be rather high
as I was hoping for 50kg of water ballast in teh outrigger at 4m to
windward. 50L water ballast tank need not be full I guess.

The mast comes from a professional mast/spar maker.

The boat is a proa. Main hull is 23 long, 2 ft wide, boat weigh
unladen is less than 200kg. Not intending to break speed records.

I was hoping to do a comparison with a boat like a Hobie 14 cat. I
wonder what their mast dimsnsions woudl be, cannot recall the mast
section details of the windrush 12 cat that I used to sail, for some
reason never got around to measuring it. Feel that a hobie 14 - 12 has
simialr sail area/righting moment, is stayed out wide as per proa. So
what is good for that would be good for me.


If you can weigh the boat, each hull singly, that would help. Yopu don't have
to take it apart, just slide a scale under each hull in turn and record the
weights (yes, it can really be that simple.)
From that, and with the 50 litres of WB, a rough RM can be obtained.

Let us know...

Steve

Morgan Ohlson October 23rd 04 01:49 PM

On 22 Oct 2004 20:52:21 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

Morgan O says:

For stable boats the wind is crucial since it adds as v^2.


For any boat, the stability (righting moment) is the only thing you need. Wind
is actually immaterial except for the small forces added by side-loading of the
spar by the main.

Steve


It actually depends on the size of the rig and the momentum. The rig can be
undersized!!! ...and then it's the momentum that doesn't matter!

Since you don't know his boat, you can't say for shure ..and that's why I
didn't.


Morgan O.

Stephen Baker October 23rd 04 05:01 PM

Morgan O says:

It actually depends on the size of the rig and the momentum. The rig can be
undersized!!! ...and then it's the momentum that doesn't matter!


Morgan, for someone who professes to know little about the subject, I can only
say that you are accurate - you know little.

Since you don't know his boat, you can't say for shure ..and that's why I
didn't.


When you have designed boats that have raced around the world, and come home
with their rigs intact, then come back and tell me I'm wrong. Until then,
either buy the book I recommended to you, and read up on the subject, or be
quiet and stop giving out potentially dangerous information with no knowledge
of the subject.

Steve
Stephen C. Baker - Yacht Designer
http://members.aol.com/SailDesign/pr...cbweb/home.htm

Morgan Ohlson October 23rd 04 05:58 PM

On 23 Oct 2004 16:01:42 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

you know little.


I don't like people to give faulty advice anyhow. I just liked to give a
hint to PeterM.A about that.

...but I will not fall to your standards of attacking...

....explained this way...

If you have a rig in solid concrete, which would matter the most to the rig?
A) wind speed?
B) the momentum of the solid concrete?

take care... hope you understand something new now!



Morgan O.

Morgan Ohlson October 23rd 04 05:59 PM

On 23 Oct 2004 12:26:51 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

Nicholas says:

Thanks for your input, all very scientific.


;-)

The boat is a proa, a multihull. The side says (there is only 1) is 4m
from the mast. Mast is 6m high. Righting moment could be rather high
as I was hoping for 50kg of water ballast in teh outrigger at 4m to
windward. 50L water ballast tank need not be full I guess.

The mast comes from a professional mast/spar maker.

The boat is a proa. Main hull is 23 long, 2 ft wide, boat weigh
unladen is less than 200kg. Not intending to break speed records.

I was hoping to do a comparison with a boat like a Hobie 14 cat. I
wonder what their mast dimsnsions woudl be, cannot recall the mast
section details of the windrush 12 cat that I used to sail, for some
reason never got around to measuring it. Feel that a hobie 14 - 12 has
simialr sail area/righting moment, is stayed out wide as per proa. So
what is good for that would be good for me.


If you can weigh the boat, each hull singly, that would help. Yopu don't have
to take it apart, just slide a scale under each hull in turn and record the
weights (yes, it can really be that simple.)
From that, and with the 50 litres of WB, a rough RM can be obtained.

Let us know...

Steve


Perhaps he could take a little help of old Archimedes! (do some maths on
displaced hull volume) ;o)


Morgan O.
Wondering if the man go'na bite this time too?


Stephen Baker October 23rd 04 09:42 PM

Morgan says:

If you have a rig in solid concrete, which would matter the most to the rig?
A) wind speed?
B) the momentum of the solid concrete?


If you had a boat with infinite righting moment, it would be dry land, not a
boat. Not an apple, just another orange...

..but I will not fall to your standards of attacking...


not attacking, Morgan, just quoting you at the beginning of this series of
threads.

Steve "plonk!"

Egis/CORE October 24th 04 01:13 AM

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:58:02 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On 23 Oct 2004 16:01:42 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

you know little.


I don't like people to give faulty advice anyhow. I just liked to give a
hint to PeterM.A about that.

..but I will not fall to your standards of attacking...

...explained this way...

If you have a rig in solid concrete, which would matter the most to the rig?
A) wind speed?
B) the momentum of the solid concrete?

take care... hope you understand something new now!



Morgan O.


You are absolutely right. If the rig were mounted in concrete the
important force would result from wind velocity and sail area.

However -- we are discussing a rig installed on a BOAT and the
important force is righting moment.

i.e., in the case you are discussing the mast is fixed and therefore
the effective area of the sail is constant. In the case of a spar
mounted on a movable base, i.e., a boat, the spar moves and therefore
the effective area of the sail changes with changes in wind velocity,
thus the important figure is the force opposing the spar movement, the
righting moment.

Most people who have any knowledge of boats understand this fact
instinctively.




Cheers,

Bruce
(k4556atinetdotcodotth)

Old Nick October 24th 04 01:29 AM

On 23 Oct 2004 01:19:18 GMT, ospam (Stephen Baker)
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Brian says:

snip Mr. Wizard experiment

Does the mast retain a set after this load? It's not strong enough!


Correction, Brian - it WASN'T strong enough ;-)



Actually I have to disagree. It is even _more_ not strong enough now!
G
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Have you noticed that people always run from what
they _need_ toward what they want?????

Old Nick October 24th 04 02:06 AM

On 23 Oct 2004 12:26:51 GMT, ospam (Stephen Baker)
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I reckon the guy who said to talk to a spar maker had the right idea.

At least check out a google of

"righting moment" multihull

If you can weigh the boat, each hull singly, that would help. Yopu don't have
to take it apart, just slide a scale under each hull in turn and record the
weights (yes, it can really be that simple.)
From that, and with the 50 litres of WB, a rough RM can be obtained.


This is a really light boat, IIRC.....here we go..... "23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen."

Sounds scary actually, as a cruiser.

This means that weighing the boat and using that as a righting moment
would be questionable, as the weight of crew and gear would
_significantly_ alter the system. You need to weigh in "cruising
trim".

And how far apart are the hulls, etc?

Also some proas' righting moments when the ama is to the lee will be
the floatation capability of the ama.

What you need to do is place the boat in the water and do some real
righting force tests, under loaded conditions IMO. This was not
uncommon practice as I remember it.

Also wrt multihulls. They release pressure on the mast much more by
acceleration than by heel. Their righting moment should never be
_needed_ ....joking G.

Seriously:
- they load a mast very high in a puff, because they are not
supposed to heel more than a very small amount. IIRC (and it's been a
while) and extra 20% (?) or more needs to be added to the mast/stay
strain for a multi over a mono.
- when sailing at speed on a brorad reach, and _being kept flat_ as
multihulls largely should, their high speed generates significant
apparent wind. This has to be accounted for.
- multis can actually suddenly _increase_ their righting moment as
the weather hull lifts from the water, or as the lee ama of a tri /
proa touches the water.

Also, on a multi, especially a lightweight one, the mast and stays
hold the boat together. So there are many other strains on the rigging
as the boat gets twisted about by wind and waves.

I mucked about designing, building and repairing cats. I have owned
and sailed several, including a Crowther 23' International. It weighed
maybe 450Kg unladen, and had a _heap_ more mainsail than that being
suggested. But it had a huge mast. 150mm * 100mm * 4mm, maybe. I can't
find the specs any more.
************************************************** ***
Have you noticed that people always run from what
they _need_ toward what they want?????

Morgan Ohlson October 24th 04 12:20 PM

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:13:04 +0700, Egis/CORE wrote:

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:58:02 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On 23 Oct 2004 16:01:42 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

you know little.


I don't like people to give faulty advice anyhow. I just liked to give a
hint to PeterM.A about that.

..but I will not fall to your standards of attacking...

...explained this way...

If you have a rig in solid concrete, which would matter the most to the rig?
A) wind speed?
B) the momentum of the solid concrete?

take care... hope you understand something new now!



Morgan O.


You are absolutely right. If the rig were mounted in concrete the
important force would result from wind velocity and sail area.

However -- we are discussing a rig installed on a BOAT and the
important force is righting moment.

i.e., in the case you are discussing the mast is fixed and therefore
the effective area of the sail is constant. In the case of a spar
mounted on a movable base, i.e., a boat, the spar moves and therefore
the effective area of the sail changes with changes in wind velocity,
thus the important figure is the force opposing the spar movement, the
righting moment.

Most people who have any knowledge of boats understand this fact
instinctively.


1'st... I undertand exactly what you are saying...

But tech /nature doesn't stop there. There is more to it. Especially that
part comes into account in this case, a 2 hull vessell.

You are stuck in what sometimes goes under the label "psychic prisons".


Morgan O.

Egis/CORE October 24th 04 02:20 PM

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:20:44 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:13:04 +0700, Egis/CORE wrote:

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:58:02 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On 23 Oct 2004 16:01:42 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

you know little.

I don't like people to give faulty advice anyhow. I just liked to give a
hint to PeterM.A about that.

..but I will not fall to your standards of attacking...

...explained this way...

If you have a rig in solid concrete, which would matter the most to the rig?
A) wind speed?
B) the momentum of the solid concrete?

take care... hope you understand something new now!



Morgan O.


You are absolutely right. If the rig were mounted in concrete the
important force would result from wind velocity and sail area.

However -- we are discussing a rig installed on a BOAT and the
important force is righting moment.

i.e., in the case you are discussing the mast is fixed and therefore
the effective area of the sail is constant. In the case of a spar
mounted on a movable base, i.e., a boat, the spar moves and therefore
the effective area of the sail changes with changes in wind velocity,
thus the important figure is the force opposing the spar movement, the
righting moment.

Most people who have any knowledge of boats understand this fact
instinctively.


1'st... I undertand exactly what you are saying...

But tech /nature doesn't stop there. There is more to it. Especially that
part comes into account in this case, a 2 hull vessell.

You are stuck in what sometimes goes under the label "psychic prisons".


Morgan O.



Sorry old buddy but whether the boat has one hull or many the
calculation is the same since the force is the same - the force
necessary to heel the vessel, or to phrase it another way, the force
the vessel exerts in attempting to stay upright. the Righting Moment,
in other words.

Certainly the force necessary to heel a multi-hull is higher then that
necessary to heel a mono-hull but that doesn't change the fact that
the force applied to the mast is exactly the same in each case -- the
force necessary to heel the vessel against the opposing force of the
vessel trying to remain upright -- the Righting Moment.

To stay in the real world, if you approach a mast manufacturer with
the intent of designing a mast you will be asked for the righting
moment, usually RM30, i.e., Righting Moment at 30 degrees. If you
approach a marine engineer/boat designer for information regarding the
strength of a mast you will be asked for the RM30.

In short, no matter what you think, the rest of the world firmly
believes that the strength of a mast is directly dependent on the
forces opposing it, i.e., the force the vessel can exert against the
mast, the righting moment in other words.

Now it appears that either (1) you are wrong; or, (2) the rest of the
world is wrong. Take your pick.





Cheers,

Bruce
(k4556atinetdotcodotth)

William R. Watt October 24th 04 03:25 PM


Old Nick ) writes:

- they load a mast very high in a puff, because they are not
supposed to heel more than a very small amount. IIRC (and it's been a
while) and extra 20% (?) or more needs to be added to the mast/stay
strain for a multi over a mono.


good point. a mulithull behaves more like the solid ground mentioned in an
earlier post than like a boat. what you usually see for boats is a graph
of righting moment against angle of heel. at some point there is a
maxiumum righting moment.

imagine the cross section of a catamaran. one hull has to be lifted out of
the water at some distance from the sail, making for quite a bit
of leverage for the sail to overcome. as soon as the raised hull leaves the
water it loses all bouyancy and becomes a dead weight for the sail to lift
at the end of the lever. teh fulcrum is teh hull which is still in the water.

If I remember correctly, according to TF Jones catamarans don't heel more
than 5 deg or so. they still roll with the swells so they don't stay flat,
but they don't heel much at all. I'd guess it's almost like being on a raft.



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Egis/CORE ) writes:

Sorry old buddy but whether the boat has one hull or many the
calculation is the same since the force is the same - the force
necessary to heel the vessel, or to phrase it another way, the force
the vessel exerts in attempting to stay upright. the Righting Moment,
in other words.


why hasn't anyone simply stated Newton's law?
for every force acting on a body at rest there is an equal and opposite force.
whether you measure the acting force or the reacting force they are equal.
in many cases, like the heeling of a boat, it's easier to calcualte the
reacting force that it is to calculate the acting force.
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William R. Watt October 24th 04 03:52 PM


William R. Watt ) writes:

.... what you usually see for boats is a graph
of righting moment against angle of heel. at some point there is a
maxiumum righting moment.


I think it should be clarified that the graph you see in the texts is an
abstraction and is not what happens on the water. On the water there are
more forces involved, especially on a mulithull. Take the extreme case of
a raft. One side is being raised through air while the other side is being
immersed in water. It's easy to push air aside but not water. As the raft
rotates there is a lot of turbulant drag around the side being pushed
through the water. There is a righting moment, but its not quite what is
calculated in the texts.
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Morgan Ohlson October 24th 04 09:14 PM

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:20:53 +0700, Egis/CORE wrote:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:20:44 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:13:04 +0700, Egis/CORE wrote:

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:58:02 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On 23 Oct 2004 16:01:42 GMT, Stephen Baker wrote:

you know little.

I don't like people to give faulty advice anyhow. I just liked to give a
hint to PeterM.A about that.

..but I will not fall to your standards of attacking...

...explained this way...

If you have a rig in solid concrete, which would matter the most to the rig?
A) wind speed?
B) the momentum of the solid concrete?

take care... hope you understand something new now!



Morgan O.

You are absolutely right. If the rig were mounted in concrete the
important force would result from wind velocity and sail area.

However -- we are discussing a rig installed on a BOAT and the
important force is righting moment.

i.e., in the case you are discussing the mast is fixed and therefore
the effective area of the sail is constant. In the case of a spar
mounted on a movable base, i.e., a boat, the spar moves and therefore
the effective area of the sail changes with changes in wind velocity,
thus the important figure is the force opposing the spar movement, the
righting moment.

Most people who have any knowledge of boats understand this fact
instinctively.


1'st... I undertand exactly what you are saying...

But tech /nature doesn't stop there. There is more to it. Especially that
part comes into account in this case, a 2 hull vessell.

You are stuck in what sometimes goes under the label "psychic prisons".


Morgan O.



Sorry old buddy but whether the boat has one hull or many the
calculation is the same since the force is the same - the force
necessary to heel the vessel, or to phrase it another way, the force
the vessel exerts in attempting to stay upright. the Righting Moment,
in other words.


Perhaps ordinary engineering isn't good enough for boat historians.

Think...
Inert mass
Roll resistans
Non capsizeing vessells
Heavy ghusts

....and you get quite different scenarios.

It's quite alright to use old rules of thumb... but know their limits!


Morgan O.

Stephen Baker October 24th 04 09:26 PM

Morgan O says:

Non capsizeing vessells


No such thing ;-)

Some boats will always right themselves, but there is NO boat that is
"non-capsizing".

Steve

peterMelbourneAustralia October 25th 04 12:11 AM

I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information from this thread.

I was kinda hoping for something like 'my 14ft cat had a similar mast,
so 82mm diam should be OK'.


Yes the proa is light. As a comparison Rob Denney's Elementary proa (1
person in cabin) weighs 110kg unladen. Proas tend to be long narrow
and light, disadvatnage is that thy do not have much space or carry a
lot of cargo.

The proa is a pacific proa, meaning that the outrigger (weighs 25kg
without ballast) is always to windward. At this point feel tempted to
give the mast a go becasue it is so cheap (is new and proper grade,
not junk), worse comes to worse loose $250 mast. As a comparison some
dingies with similar sail area have mast diam of 60mm in aluminium.


N. Peter Evans

Old Nick October 25th 04 02:54 AM

On 24 Oct 2004 16:11:22 -0700,
(peterMelbourneAustralia) vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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Are you making your own sail? I still reckon a spar maker should be
asked, and as someone said, he will ask right back at ya.

Have you even checked out similar proas?

Good luck.

I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information from this thread.

I was kinda hoping for something like 'my 14ft cat had a similar mast,
so 82mm diam should be OK'.


You yourself had a cat. _Is_ 82mm OK?


Yes the proa is light. As a comparison Rob Denney's Elementary proa (1
person in cabin) weighs 110kg unladen. Proas tend to be long narrow
and light, disadvatnage is that thy do not have much space or carry a
lot of cargo.

The proa is a pacific proa, meaning that the outrigger (weighs 25kg


without ballast)


what can I say?

25kg 2 metres from the main hull would have _negligible_ righting
moment. At 6 metres, it starts to matter. How much ballast? How wide?

is always to windward. At this point feel tempted to
give the mast a go becasue it is so cheap (is new and proper grade,
not junk), worse comes to worse loose $250 mast. As a comparison some
dingies with similar sail area have mast diam of 60mm in aluminium.


A dinghy is at best a poor comparison.

1) multihull
- different stabilites, different bending forces on the mast due
only to rigging, not wind
2) cruising = at least 20-30% extra fudge factor.
3) not many dighies expect to be out in a 45 knot + gale,

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Brian Whatcott October 25th 04 02:55 AM

On 23 Oct 2004 00:40:24 -0700,
(peterMelbourneAustralia) wrote:

Thanks for your input, all very scientific. Having the mast tested
using weights has some logic to it.

The boat is a proa, a multihull. The side says (there is only 1) is 4m
from the mast. Mast is 6m high. Righting moment could be rather high
as I was hoping for 50kg of water ballast in teh outrigger at 4m to
windward. 50L water ballast tank need not be full I guess.

The mast comes from a professional mast/spar maker.

The boat is a proa. Main hull is 23 long, 2 ft wide, boat weigh
unladen is less than 200kg. Not intending to break speed records.

I was hoping to do a comparison with a boat like a Hobie 14 cat. I
wonder what their mast dimsnsions woudl be, cannot recall the mast
section details of the windrush 12 cat that I used to sail, for some
reason never got around to measuring it. Feel that a hobie 14 - 12 has
simialr sail area/righting moment, is stayed out wide as per proa. So
what is good for that would be good for me.

N. Peter Evans



Here's another way to compare and contrast your selection with
comparable masts. Look at the sections shown by this aluminum mast
company - [Dwyer Mast Co]

http://www.dwyermast.com/families.asp?cat1ID=20&cat1Name=Masts

Notice that the lighter sections come in several shortish lengths and
the beefier sections come in correspondingly longer lengths.

This gives you an idea of the preferred section for a given length.
A proa will be stiffer in roll than a regular rig, so you would want
to compare a section where your desired length is the shorter of the
mast length offerings for a given section.

Short masts (as fitted to dinghies) are not typically let out in
stiff blows, so this is another factor to bear in mind.

Still, this exercise should reinforce your judgment.
I am disappointed that the other respondents in general gave you
every suggestion short of anything actually helpful.

I have never seen so many different way of saying,
"Ooh, mast section selection is awfully difficult and mathematical,
and far too difficult for a regular person to consider...."

I hope you will realise sooner or later, that the basis of many mast
selections is in fact "cut and try" and "It worked on that and the
other so it should be OK on this..."

Regards

Brian W



Old Nick October 25th 04 02:58 AM

On 24 Oct 2004 14:52:10 GMT, (William R.
Watt) vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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William R. Watt ) writes:

... what you usually see for boats is a graph
of righting moment against angle of heel. at some point there is a
maxiumum righting moment.



I think it should be clarified that the graph you see in the texts is an
abstraction and is not what happens on the water.


I think one I saw was real case.

On the water there are
more forces involved, especially on a mulithull. Take the extreme case of
a raft. One side is being raised through air while the other side is being
immersed in water. It's easy to push air aside but not water. As the raft
rotates there is a lot of turbulant drag around the side being pushed
through the water. There is a righting moment, but its not quite what is
calculated in the texts.


A cat is actually harder to tip than a barge, because weight, and more
importantly, buoyancy are at the extremes. With a barge, the water is
still pushing up under the middle of the vessel when it is quite
heeled. In fact it almost becomes a triangle as it tips.
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Old Nick October 25th 04 03:08 AM

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:20:53 +0700, Egis/CORE
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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The day I give an RM30 about a catamaran is the day I get
worried....G

To stay in the real world, if you approach a mast manufacturer with
the intent of designing a mast you will be asked for the righting
moment, usually RM30, i.e., Righting Moment at 30 degrees. If you
approach a marine engineer/boat designer for information regarding the
strength of a mast you will be asked for the RM30.


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Jim Conlin October 25th 04 03:44 AM

Contact Rob Denney directly.
Unlike any contributor to this thread thus far, he knows about proas.

peterMelbourneAustralia wrote:

I am almost finished designing a 23ft proa and am aware of a new
aluminium section for sale; I would like to know if it will be strong
enough for a mast.

The proa has a mainsail around 100sqr feet (a little less). At either
end are small furling jibs for balance (30 sqr ft). The mast is round
section, 6m high, 82mm in diameter and 2.6mm thick. It is made of the
proper high grade aluminium from a professional mastmaker. It does not
have a track, the mainsail being attached to the mast via lashings.
There are 3 stays at the top, one forward, one aft and one to
windward, 90 deg to other 2. Three stays is all a proa needs!!!!

From my days sailing windrush catamarans, I am a littel worried that
the 82mm diameter might not be enough. I know circular section is not
high performance but that is not of concern. I am keen on this section
because it is new, made of high grade metal, from a professional and
failry cheap, $250 Australian.

I intend to go cruising, thus needs to be able of withstanding strong
winds. Have every intention of reefing when gets blowy. 23ft proa
weighs 200kg unladen.

Will/should 82mm diameter be sufficent?

N. Peter Evans



Old Nick October 25th 04 05:50 AM

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:44:31 GMT, Jim Conlin
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Contact Rob Denney directly.
Unlike any contributor to this thread thus far, he knows about proas.

You are of course includeing yourself?

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Old Nick October 25th 04 05:54 AM

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:55:38 GMT, Brian Whatcott
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I have never seen so many different way of saying,
"Ooh, mast section selection is awfully difficult and mathematical,
and far too difficult for a regular person to consider...."


Noooo...."Based on the very limited information given, and an admitted
lack of knowledge about proas, which are completely different from any
other craft in build stability, and sailing methods, I will not form
an opinion about the corretc mast"

The guy is basing it on a 14" cat. Not a proa. He is also looking a
cruising, unlike a 14' cat. 14' cats are rarely sailed in 45 knot
winds, on a cruiser you may have no choice.


I hope you will realise sooner or later, that the basis of many mast
selections is in fact "cut and try" and "It worked on that and the
other so it should be OK on this..."


As you say "Cut and try". But don't ask me to say you are right based
on bugger all.

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Old Nick October 25th 04 05:55 AM

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:44:31 GMT, Jim Conlin
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Contact Rob Denney directly.
Unlike any contributor to this thread thus far, he knows about proas.



Which is what some of us were honest enough to say. No need for the
dig, thanks.
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Brian Whatcott October 25th 04 05:52 PM

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:54:59 +0800, Old Nick
wrote:
...."Based on the very limited information given, and an admitted
lack of knowledge about proas, which are completely different from any
other craft in build stability, and sailing methods, I will not form
an opinion about the corretc mast"


When asked for help, no matter how partial or sketchy the background
offered, if you cannot form an opinion, wouldn't it be better to
forebear from posting on the topic?

Brian W

peterMelbourneAustralia October 26th 04 07:55 AM

Mt last post in this thread I think.

The outrigger is 15ft long, weighs 25kg unladen, but has 50kg of water
ballast. The outrigger is 4m from the main hull and always to the lee
hull. Yes crew can go out on the tramp towards the outrigger for more
righting moment, but unlikley in very strong winds due to safety.

The mainsail is 85sq feet. I have a jib, which is smaller, approx 60
sqr feet, but am thinking of cutting it up to make even smaller jibs
at far ends to balance the rig.

My feeling is that the windrush 12 cat I sailed had a rig that was
strong enough in huge blows and went like the wind. So if I new what
that was feel that similar would be fine. Rob Denney uses unstayed
carbon masts. My question has been posted on a site that he looks at
regularly but he has not posted. Dont want to annoy him again with
another email.

What I will do is look at rigs of small cats (closest to my 170kg
proa), and see what mast sections they are using. 14ft and 12 ft cats
seem the best comparisons for they go out in huge blows without undue
drama.

N. Peter Evans

William R. Watt October 26th 04 04:32 PM


peterMelbourneAustralia ) writes:

.... The outrigger is 4m from the main hull and always to the lee
hull. Yes crew can go out on the tramp towards the outrigger for more
righting moment, but unlikley in very strong winds due to safety.


traditionally crew hike to windward.
not a slave to tradition myself.

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