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



"RAM³" wrote in message
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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...

Most sailboats have a design heel angle. It is usually pretty shallow, at
10-20 degrees. At that angle the waterline is at its most advantageous
(typically at it's longest), the keel is still able to do a good job of
holding lateral movement, and (probably most importantly) the sails are
where they are gong to do the most good... in the air catching wind.

Ed