RAM³ wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in
rec.crafts.metalworking:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:47:04 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

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.


Define 'heeled"

Water coming in the scuppers...is ...on its side.

Depends on how much freeboard it has.


And the strength + direction of the wind in relationship to sail
area
and the course of the boat. grin

High freeboard and narrow beam means heeled way over to get water into
the scuppers. Low freeboard and broad beam means it comes in at a
much lower angle of heel.

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