RobertRyan wrote:
sleepy wrote:
A tall sail on a sail boat is empty until the force of the wind fills it (measured in foot pounds maybe...)
(narrow) Sail boats turn over
and their heavy Keel puts much of their weight below the surface of the water...
It appears that there is a lot of effort to ignore high school physics... and I'm sure that everyone had that class as a requirement.
Noone is ignoring high school physics but as marshfly said, these have a much lower COG Than a traditional TC Very very hard to tip over, unlike a heavy TC on a F550.
The configuration is used for Off Road Emergency vehicles globally. Ever seen a Unimog? They look like you can push them over with one hand but almost impossible to tip over Off Road.
Thats a pretty big sail.
How come such a few people use them... if they are so great how come our good friend Douglas Packard isn't using one... he imported an American truck and had it converted to right hand drive at great expense.
Of course Doug can afford to go first class... all of his toys are the best of the best.
