Re: I decided

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
> 
> Well, I do understand "moment of inertia" but I do not understand how
> a rig that when you put it in the water has a negligible effect on
> stability, i.e., the boat rights itself, is going to have a major
> effect on a boat rolling over. 
> 
> Now, for argument's sake we are talking about my boat. the mast can be
> picked up by four Asians so lets say, for argument's sake it weighs
> 500 lbs. It is desk stepped and is forty feet long with the spreaders
> about half way up the mast. 
> 
> I can carry one set of shrouds with no problems so say 100 lbs X 2
> sets = shrouds = 200 lbs. Four terminate at the spreaders and two at
> the mast head. The fore and aft stays probably weigh a little less
> then the stays so say 75 lbs together, both terminating at the mast
> head.
> 
> The boat displaces 12,000 lbs. It was built in 1971, sailed across the
> Pacific Ocean, among other places and hasn't rolled over to date.
> 
> It would be a kindness for you to explain it to me the real life
> dynamics that will cause my rig to make my boat to roll over.
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce-in-Bangkok
> (correct email address for reply)





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