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jpbuzz591
Really should get out more Joined: 24 May 05 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 793 |
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Topic: On Mast Movable Sails Posted: 04 Oct 05 at 9:38pm |
Thanks phat bouy, i am very interested in this idea. how much do you think one of these splendid boats would cost when they come into production or are you only going 2 produce it for yourself?
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Jp Indoe
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Rupert
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 05 at 10:12pm |
Not a boat for smokers, then? Light that fag to see which way the light wind is blowing, and BOOM! You could take out 1/2 the fleet. On the other hand, Helium could be used on boring light wind days as entertainment... |
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Black no sugar
Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 05 at 10:20pm |
Yeeeha! Let's ask Mark Jardine to link this string to the Singing in your boat thread... Can you upload .wav files on this forum ?? |
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Phat Bouy
Posting king Joined: 15 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 168 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 05 at 10:43pm |
It woule be very wrong for me to keep it to myself. So what I did was
to speak to my friends in the RYA Scalability department. Funnily
enough, that was a long convsersation too, and now I'm totally in the
dark as I have run out of money.
I dunno about Singing or Singeing In My Boat but I do hear a lot of voices in my boat, hmmm, it's entirely possible that they could be singing? What's that Skippy? The Ozzies lost the Ashes?? |
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Strawberry
Really should get out more Joined: 21 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1337 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 05 at 2:31pm |
I thought of something similiar. If you sealed a moth hull and filled it with helium, would it foil earlier?
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Chris Noble
Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 05 at 2:37pm |
it might, but only marginally i think, im not sure just how it would be completly efficient in all feilds, but i think the best way to find out is to try, but dont moths by class rules, require a breather valve????
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Competitive Boat Insurance From Noble Marine
FOR SALE: I14 2 Masts 2 poles 3 Booms, Foils Kites/Mains/Jibs too many to list. |
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Rupert
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Oct 05 at 4:08pm |
If you are going to fill a boat with helium, you may as well make the hull light enough that only the foils are left in the water once the helm is on board. No worries about hull shape, either, then, or stiffness, particularly, so long as the foils are supported...I think the RYA may suggest joining the Balloon association, though, instead of them! |
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Matt Jackson
Really should get out more Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 05 at 1:16pm |
Brainiac tested a similar theory with posting helium around the world and it only saved about 8p on postage to the USA (or Australia, I forget). |
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Mark Jardine
Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 04 Location: Milford-on-Sea, United King Online Status: Offline Posts: 1028 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 05 at 1:28pm |
You'll be able to tell when someone's helium filled Moth is leaking as they shout 'Starboard' at you in a very high pitched voice! What a great thread! |
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a_stevo
Groupie Joined: 29 Aug 05 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 72 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 05 at 1:36pm |
i cant believe this thread actually degenerated into a propper discussion.
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