[Public-List] Mast Rake

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

David,

Consider what this will do to the balance of the sailplan. There are 
reasons the mast was placed where it is.

Also, the chainplates would then be in the wrong positions. And 
therefore the bulkheads, too. I'm not a marine architect, so I can't say 
how crucial that positioning is. I wouldn't want to determine that 
experimentally, though. Carl Alberg's choices, as tempered by the 
decisions of Kurt Hansen, seem trustworthy enough to me.

It's difficult for me to envision anything about a boat to be truly 
permanent. Things do wear out, even the fiberglass. On the other hand, 
with maintenance and tuning these boats have performed marvelously for 
over 40 years. With maintenance and tuning, they should do well for 
quite awhile longer.

  - George

On 2/14/16 1:35 PM, via Public-List wrote:
> John
> Your observation fits with what Jason discovered when he found the
> same problem I have. He drew the same conclusion as you did about the
> pressure that is put on the part of the mast stay not supported by the
> aluminium beam.
> It occurs to me that, with the mast step area exposed, one way to
> solve the problem would be to move the mast step forward so that the
> mast is over the middle of the beam. Of course that would lead to
> rebuilding the hatch area and probably getting a new modern hatch as
> well as getting a longer back stay. Assuming that one made sure the
> wood on top of the beam was ok or fixed and the leaks under the mast
> step were fixed, one might have a very permanent fix.
> so in the spirit of science where one seeks to challenge one's
> hypothesis as part of making one's claim about the how the natural
> world works, what's wrong with this solution - aside from its
> potential monstrous cost? I am assuming that this will be costly
> enough anyway.
> Your thoughts and those of the rest of the community as well?
> David, 432

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