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Typical is rudder on the right, movement right/left; sail on the left, movement up/down. Cheers, Earl
There's a long thread about this over on the Sailing Anarchy AC forums. Not a pretty sight. Cheers, Earl
The purpose of the backswept keel is to enable the mast to be placed as a far aft as possible without upsetting the relationship between the sail...
I've found it helps to get lead very cold by putting it in the freezer overnight, and to use large quantities of mineral spirits as a lubricant....
These are all great suggestions, but remember that for a hull shape any plan, especially on paper, is just an approximation, and the more...
Sorry for the inconvenience of the introduction requirement, but for some reason we are in the crosshairs of spammers and this is one mechanism to...
I have no experience with IOMs, so I can't say. Scaling a rigid jib stay up to that size would be tricky. Jib radials, on the other hand, have...
OK, here they are. Cheers, Earl
The naval architect Eric Sponberg ran tests that indicated the conventional model yacht jib pivot ("teeter totter" fixture with the pivot aft of...
Yes, it's in the appendices. Cheers, Earl
I confess that I dislike the whole idea of official measurers. The class got along for about 50 years on the basis of the Certificate of Good...
As many as you want at home, three declared per event. Configuring your boat for conditions is an essential part of RG65 competition, and one of...
When the various RG65 National Class Authorities voted on the 2014 rules, the only rules at issue were 7.1.2, 5.2.3 and 5.2.4. In addition, the...
Just to reinforce what Dick said, buying a used copy of Corel Draw off eBay or some other source is legal; downloading a cracked version is a...
We are currently encountering multiple spams. They are coming from botnets (multiple IPs) so we can't block them. These contain links to websites...
I think the quote actually referred to the class rules, not the Artemis design per se. It's pretty clear that this event was not well thought out,...
Er, as somebody who spent many a happy hour on SF Bay, I would be careful going out on it in an open rowboat. What most people don't realize is...
I think that makes him the first AC helmsman to go overboard since 1901, when BB Crowninshield's giant scow "Independence" flung her helmsman over...
Re: water skier The question is not whether wing sails can be depowered in general. The question is whether a 131 foot tall, high efficiency wing...
Re: water skier It's not that *every* rigid sail is a problem, it's that an excessively large rigid sail produces too much power coming on too...