RAM³ wrote:
"Ed Edelenbos" wrote in
rec.crafts.metalworking:



"RAM³" wrote in message
m...

Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far
more limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of
electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their
sides...


If it's on it's side, it's either broken or at the hand of a
non-sailor.

Ed



Nope!

Only motorsailers under power and sailboats with furled sails will
be
upright.

Otherwise the wind pressure against the sails cause the mast(s) to
lever the boat towards the downwind side.

About the only time a sailboat can remain upright while under weigh
is on a downwind reach - usually with the sails at right angles to
the wind and the skipper praying that the wind doesn't suddenly
increase sharply. grin

FWIW [metal content] that wind-pressure-lever force is what prompted
the invention of the Lead Keel to counterbalance that force...

Heeled a bit is not "on its side" except to a lubber.

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