Many sailboaters motor with the sail up just to slow the rolling.
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:29:23 GMT, wrote:
Please explain why the righting moment of a sailboat would be improved by
more
weight, higher up!

I can't wait to hear this one.

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Righting moment is not improved of course, but roll resistance is
improved a lot. A sailboat with out its mast will roll gunnel to
gunnel in any kind of seaway. I once found that out the hard way on a
dark and stormy night off the New Jersey coast. Not a fun ride.