28 Feb 2011 #1 jimi Well-known member Joined 19 Dec 2001 Messages 28,660 Location St Neots Visit site 1 length
28 Feb 2011 #2 sarabande Well-known member Joined 6 May 2005 Messages 36,013 Visit site are we talking quantum sailing, here ?
28 Feb 2011 #3 jimi Well-known member Joined 19 Dec 2001 Messages 28,660 Location St Neots Visit site no that's ny navigational technique .. start your own friggin thread if you want to discuss that and don't wreck my perfectly sensible one. 2 Draught
no that's ny navigational technique .. start your own friggin thread if you want to discuss that and don't wreck my perfectly sensible one. 2 Draught
28 Feb 2011 #4 snowleopard Active member Joined 16 May 2001 Messages 33,645 Location Oxford Visit site 3. Beam
28 Feb 2011 #5 snowleopard Active member Joined 16 May 2001 Messages 33,645 Location Oxford Visit site but no 4th dimension as time has no meaning when you're chilling out on a boat. (unless of course you're trying to get home before the tide turns.
but no 4th dimension as time has no meaning when you're chilling out on a boat. (unless of course you're trying to get home before the tide turns.
28 Feb 2011 #6 snowleopard Active member Joined 16 May 2001 Messages 33,645 Location Oxford Visit site OK, that's answered that one. Next question - how many degrees of freedom?
28 Feb 2011 #7 J john_morris_uk Well-known member Joined 3 Jul 2002 Messages 27,704 Location At sea somewhere. yachtserendipity.wordpress.com I asked my boat and she said she's got feelings - so you'd better count emotion as a dimension as well...
I asked my boat and she said she's got feelings - so you'd better count emotion as a dimension as well...
28 Feb 2011 #8 jimi Well-known member Joined 19 Dec 2001 Messages 28,660 Location St Neots Visit site 4 air draught
28 Feb 2011 #9 J john_morris_uk Well-known member Joined 3 Jul 2002 Messages 27,704 Location At sea somewhere. yachtserendipity.wordpress.com Oh - you want sensible suggestions. 5. freeboard - as in height of.
28 Feb 2011 #10 sarabande Well-known member Joined 6 May 2005 Messages 36,013 Visit site 3 beam 4 length overall 5 length between perpendiculars 5 Beam max 6 load waterline length 7 freeboard 8 draught 9 air draught 10 keel depth 11 topside overhang 12 stern overhang 13 bow overhang 14 keel chord 15 rudder depth 16 rudder chord 17 mainsail hoist 18 foretriangle base 19 forestay length or are we talking serious yacht racing ?
3 beam 4 length overall 5 length between perpendiculars 5 Beam max 6 load waterline length 7 freeboard 8 draught 9 air draught 10 keel depth 11 topside overhang 12 stern overhang 13 bow overhang 14 keel chord 15 rudder depth 16 rudder chord 17 mainsail hoist 18 foretriangle base 19 forestay length or are we talking serious yacht racing ?
28 Feb 2011 #11 jimi Well-known member Joined 19 Dec 2001 Messages 28,660 Location St Neots Visit site 6 Sail area
28 Feb 2011 #12 kingfisher Well-known member Joined 7 Nov 2001 Messages 1,958 Location Belgium, Holland Visit site jimi said: 1 length Click to expand... LOA or LWL?
28 Feb 2011 #13 Ubergeekian Active member Joined 23 Jun 2004 Messages 9,904 Location Me: Castle Douglas, SW Scotland. Boats: Kirkcudbri www.drmegaphone.com jimi said: 1 length Click to expand... overall, over spars, over deck or waterline?
28 Feb 2011 #14 snowleopard Active member Joined 16 May 2001 Messages 33,645 Location Oxford Visit site 394. Distance between hulls.
28 Feb 2011 #15 jimi Well-known member Joined 19 Dec 2001 Messages 28,660 Location St Neots Visit site 393 Number of hulls
28 Feb 2011 #16 jamesjermain Active member Joined 16 May 2001 Messages 2,723 Location Cargreen, Cornwall Visit site 395. draught, board(s)/plates(s) up/down 396. metacentric shelf 397. centre of lateral resistance 398. centre of gravity 399. cenre of buoyancy 400. GZ Sorry, had to get to 400 - it's a coverline-writer thing (400 best yacht dimensions...) Last edited: 28 Feb 2011
395. draught, board(s)/plates(s) up/down 396. metacentric shelf 397. centre of lateral resistance 398. centre of gravity 399. cenre of buoyancy 400. GZ Sorry, had to get to 400 - it's a coverline-writer thing (400 best yacht dimensions...)
28 Feb 2011 #17 Phoenix of Hamble Active member Joined 28 Aug 2003 Messages 20,968 Location East Coast mishapsandmemories.blogspot.com Sorry James, can't help but ruin it... 401. Mast rake
28 Feb 2011 #18 F fireball New member Joined 15 Nov 2004 Messages 19,453 Visit site 402 Liquid storage capacity 402.1 Water 402.2 Diesel 402.3 Gas 402.4 Human consumable liquid
28 Feb 2011 #19 aquaplane Active member Joined 16 Sep 2006 Messages 2,679 Location West Yorkshire www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk 405 page unavailable Number of Gordons shaped holes in the drinks locker. Important one that.
28 Feb 2011 #20 jimi Well-known member Joined 19 Dec 2001 Messages 28,660 Location St Neots Visit site 407 .. number of places to misplace ones spectacles in ..