Forum: SparTalk
02-09-2015, 11:15 AM
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Hi Brion,
Thanks for the reply!
Sorry, the...
Hi Brion,
Thanks for the reply!
Sorry, the shroud load 12,000# was mislabeled as RM.
I am using the graph in The Riggers Apprentice from Skene's Elements of Yacht Design (Foot-Pounds/D.W.L in...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-08-2015, 07:12 AM
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Am I missing something obvious?
When running...
Am I missing something obvious?
When running the numbers with Brion Toss's formulas I get a R.M. somewhere in the neighborhood of 12,097# but I feel like some of the necessary data is still not...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-06-2015, 01:52 PM
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standing rigging diameter?
My boat a Mao Ta 36' had 5/16 cable on the very heavy wooden mast with antiquated external Forespar furling main unit.
The new to me aluminum mast came with almost new 9/32 cable, its seems to me...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-30-2014, 05:48 PM
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Chainplate fabrication
Im fabricating new chainplates and will be using 1/2" bolts. My question is should I over boar the holes on the chain plate by 1/32 or 1/16 or some other fraction of an inch. My concern is that if I...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-22-2014, 12:18 PM
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Whisker tang backing?
While doing some work on my bowsprit I found some rot in my bulwark so I figured I should pull the skin back past the whisker stay tangs. What I found does not seem appropriate to me, even though my...
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