Weight equalisation

Griff, if you didn't have a trapeze you couldn't have your feet on side of boat and lie out horizontally, you would have to put your feet under hiking straps, but because you are nearer centre line of boat you have less righting.

Originally posted by mongrel Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by 423zero Think about the angle the wire is from your body to the mast, it's not much off vertical, if you stood at the side of your boat and tried to tip boat on its side using the exact same angle, you wouldn't tip it over. Youve just made the case for me. Exactly why moving the wire further away helps pull the boat over. & why in a lull you bend your knees to reduce your righting moment.

And why you'd have to bend your knees further and earlier with a higher hook?

Edited by iGRF - 03 Jan 22 at 12:58pm

Tall people have more righting moment not because the trap hook is further from the boat but because their CoG is further from the boat. Moving the hook doesn't change that.

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 03 Jan 22 at 1:31pm

Originally posted by tink Originally posted by iGRF So what’s now being suggested the Contender doesn’t need a wire and trapeze at all because you’re an Engineer and I’m in marketing? You could fit wings on a contender and the crew could create the same righting moment as a trapezing crew, the key thing is where the crew c of g is. As a engineer this stuff is my bread and butter so my understanding of this stuff is rather relevant.

Well I would beg to differ, then what do I know, I've only spent thirty odd years marketing harnesses and harness hooks in wind and more recently kitesurfing where the idiosyncrasies are very different. So you'll excuse me for choosing to find out for myself, when I can find a suitable harness with the option to vary hook height.

As for fitting racks on a contender, or using your Toy example, they may very well apply sufficient righting force but they will be slower. If you are truly an expert engineer, then I shouldn't have to explain why, but if you wish, I'll try and find a better drawing programme to illustrate why.

Edited by iGRF - 03 Jan 22 at 2:29pm

Give it up people, there's nothing to be gained here.    iGRF has an undoubted history of being a demon windsurfer and marketeer but time and time again he has demonstrated that he entirely missed out on secondary school physics lessons. I have respect for skills and wish him well with his Contender experience.

Edited by Do Different - 03 Jan 22 at 2:44pm