Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re: Schooner v. Unarig |
From: Dave Howorth |
Date: 11/30/2006, 5:22 PM |
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Reply-to: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 12:31 +0000, audeojude wrote:
> I would think that canting the masts to leward would be fraught with
> problems. I can just see the boat hitting bridge pilings, and other
> sailboats as it goes by. How far out to the side of the boat would the
> top of your mast end up being? You now have effectively increased the
> beam of the boat at the masthead by some ammount.
Well, that's another reason not to sail monohulls then :) They cant
their masts to leeward all the time and frequently by a lot more than 10
degrees!
Cheers, Dave