[Public-List] A new Alberg DIY project on Youtube

[Winslow Ayer]

No kidding. How much more strain can you add, especially downwind.


> On Dec 19, 2023, at 2:17 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> That is a very bad thought….
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 19, 2023, at 1:55 PM, Winslow Ayer via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Could be the extra backstay is to support the extended stern.
>> 
>> Winslow
>> 
>>> On Dec 19, 2023, at 1:32 PM, Ryan Goggans via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm really tired of seeing terrible ideas promoted to the public on
>>> youtube. I think it's important to be critical. Is he just going to glass
>>> this thing to the topsides without any longitudinal structure?
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 1:05 PM Kris Coward via Public-List <
>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah, I just went back to comment, and reference the timestamp in my
>>>> comment (0:28 for the curious), and I really couldn't tell what was going
>>>> on with the backstay, since the modified diagram seemed to keep the
>>>> original backstay, but run an additional stay from the new stern to about
>>>> 1/3 of the way up said original backstay. From the brown rectangles at the
>>>> ends of it, I'm guessing that he's aiming to  make some sort of 3-way split
>>>> backstay, with the 3 split components running to the new stern and either
>>>> side of the original stern, to allow for a slightly longer boom, but I'm
>>>> still confused. I posted a "here's why you need to make sure your extended
>>>> hull is stronger than your backstay (and a qualitative idea of just how
>>>> strong that is)" comment even though I'm still not sure what he's got in
>>>> mind.
>>>> 
>>>> Hopefully I was able to maintain a reasonably friendly and supportive tone
>>>> when offering my words of caution.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Kris
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Kris Coward
>>>> https://unripe.melon.org/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tuesday, December 19th, 2023 at 10:21, Pier-André Bouchard St-Amant via
>>>> Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Kris,
>>>>> The picture shows a plan to move the backstay at the end of the aft
>>>> extension.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pier #399
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le 19 décembre 2023 03 h 25 min 31 s HNE, Kris Coward via Public-List
>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org a écrit :
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I remember the video briefly showing a profile of the planned
>>>> lengthened boat, and in addition to the stern extension, there appeared to
>>>> be a bowsprit in the lengthened version.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The picture wasn't up long enough for me to take a good look at it,
>>>> and although I'm not up to giving the video anothe
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