Three Bridge Fiasco Race (Doublehanded) at Singlehanded Sailing SocietyJanuary 29
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Fantastic participation! Thank you to all for coming out for the first season counter!
SSS TBF Trophy Meeting Oakland Yacht Club, 7:30 pm Wednesday, February 9th.
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1Motorcycle Irene11
2Great White22
3Ergo33
4El Raton44
5Libra55
6Verve66
7Shenanigans77
8Magic Bus88
9Moxie99
10Elise1010
11Wetsu1111
12Thumper1212
14Light'n Up14DNF
14Wile E Coyote14DNF
14Discotheque14DNF
14Risk14DNF
14Witchy Woman14DNF
14Opa!14DNF
14Chili Dog14DNF
14Archimedes14DNF
14Peaches14DNF
14Bobs14DNF
14Mirage14DNF
14Dianne14DNS
14Swampdonkey14DNS
14Take Five14DNS
14Simba14DNS
14Taz!!14DNS
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Author: Bob Harvey ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Stability when climbing the mast
Info: (18813 views) Posted: Monday 7-8-13 07:17:49 PM
Just some quick math would say your 160 pounds is offsetting the keels lever arm somewhere around 20 feet off the water. Above that you're relying on the form stability of the hull, so 'yes', all the way up the rig should get real squirrelly! That presumes the center of the 1100 pound ballast is about 3 feet under water (3300 ft lb of potential leverage). I know it's a LOT more complex than a seesaw, but at the top of the rig your lever for that 160 pounds is probably around 28 feet above the water (over 4400 pounds).

:: I went up the Express 27 mast not long ago and had a
:: somewhat scary experience.
::
:: I weigh 160, and at the time there was a 200 lbs guy on
:: deck with the boat tied to the dock. I was at the top of
:: the mast doing some work and the guy on deck stepped to
:: the rail to do something. The boat started heeling
:: pretty extremely and truly felt like it was going to to
:: roll all the way over until guy on deck jumped to the
:: other rail to stabilize the boat.
::
:: Would the boat really roll over like it felt it might?
:: Any experience with sending people up the mast on this
:: boat and how much weight is too much?
::
:: We plan to go up the mast fairly frequently with the new
:: offshore rules for mounting and removing the masthead
:: VHF when doing offshore races, not to mention if we ever
:: had a problem and needed to ascend the mast while on the
:: water.
::
:: I'm wondering what is safe?
::

:: -dan
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