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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:52:23 -0400, "Matt O'Toole" wrote: Wayne.B wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:25:05 -0400, "Matt O'Toole" wrote: A better way to approach this problem is to seal the mast itself, running halyards, etc., externally. ============================================= External halyards are a really bad idea. They are easier to maintain but the extra clutter and windage is a huge negative. They said the same thing 40 years ago about internal halyards. Now some state of the art designers are saying it again. Calling the windage and clutter penalty "huge" is overstating it a bit, I think. We have a 24-year old boat with four internal halyards and an internal ple lift. Never had a bit of trouble in that length of time. Any penalty for external is too much. And there is plenty of penalty to be had. Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a Ever notice the helical stairways on the outsides at the tops of tall smokestacks? They are not stairs. They generate vortices that reduce aerodynamic drag on flimsy chimneys in the wind. Vortex generators on the leading edges of moths' wings generate vortex "membranes", bubbles that make their flat wings aerodynamically more efficient with the vortex air acting like a curved wing's top skin. An external halyard can be bungied away from a mast, or wrapped half around it snug, but cannot be stopped from slapping around if inside. The rythmic music of a gentle anchorage's lapping wavelets and gently gonging halyards can serve as a counterpoise to the feared racket of a rising wind's hammering shriek and slap, awakening the sailor who's crew is absent to check his anchor. There is no such thing as perfect silence, as the pounding of the blood will arouse an unrested sleeper with worry in his head. Nothing will stop a faithful soul from finding peaceful repose even in a cement mixer rolling downhill. We can control our own oblivion. Accept it or avoid it, we do it all through reason. Still, some golfers get the yips. Terry K |
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:19:24 -0300, Terry Spragg
wrote: An external halyard can be bungied away from a mast, or wrapped half around it snug, but cannot be stopped from slapping around if inside. Been there, done that. I have never had any problem with internal, including that one. Not that much wind inside. I imagine I could induce slapping inside if I tried, but I can't remember it ever happening. I can remember lots of times when wind howling in the rigging got very noisy. If there was slapping on some of those occasions, I might not have thought about it. I doubt there is a boat anywhere without many more pressing problems than slapping internal halyards. Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a "Curse thee, thou quadrant. No longer will I guide my earthly way by thee." Capt. Ahab |
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