Thanks for figuring this out Larry. I like your formula because its based on math and not in speculation.

Anything we can do as a fleet to build participation makes sense.

Raising the weight limit using this mid ground method which no one said no to through informal polling at the fleet meeting, meets the aim of opening up the fleet to current owners and a whole slew of crew the 880 maximum prohibits. Those are crew choices above the 176 # mean average. Growing infinitely more dificult to place as crew on e27s when known prospects start to weight ove 200#s.

Mike

:: Hey Guys,

:: Sorry to have issed the meeting and the whole sailing
:: season. I have been facing some physical challenges. Now
:: that the end is near, I see that my next big hurdle is
:: the weight liimit. I will have a stainless steel hip
:: implant to add to my weight making it iven harder for me
:: to make weight for Strega.
::
:: I proposed a reasonable plan some time ago and I want to
:: write it down again. This is sophomore physics at its
:: best!
::
:: I beleive that the helmsman does not contribute to the
:: righting moment of the boat in any significant way. We
:: sit facing inboard and may not hike past the sheerline
:: of the boat.
::
:: If you calculate the torque generated by an object at
:: the center of mass of the helsman facing inboard at the
:: narrowest part of the boat and compare it to the torque
:: generated by an object located at the center of mass of
:: a crew member facing ourward at the widest part of the
:: boat, the helmsman is half as efficient at righting the
:: boat (counteracting the heal) than the crew. Therefore
:: he/she should only count as half in computing the total
:: weight limit for the boat.
::
:: crew+crew+crew+crew+skipper/2 ::
:: That is my best estimate of what is fair. And no Jason,
:: I will never weigh 190 no matter how much I diet.
::
:: Larry