Weight equalisation

Very cleaver and professional, sounds like it had a lot of potential, what you were trying to do with the board makes sense. Maybe too much of a quantum leap in one package.

Originally posted by 423zero A couple of years ago, I looked into using small retractable foils to aid in keeping boat flat, 0ne either side, leeward foil would provide lift, but only enough to keep boat flat, micro adjustments would be made by helm hiking, (actually would have been a perching boar), foils would be snug to hull when not in use.

Originally posted by 423zero Tink, interesting design, did you ever look at moving the smaller hull from side to side ? Like a boom, perhaps have a spring to lift it out of the water when you took your weight off it.

Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by 423zero Griff, what do you make of the 'dead downwind speed' thing? Thought you would be all over that. If like me you joined the AYRS which I ran into during my eccentric speed week and revolutionary sail design period, in which I had to develop a sail to allow light weight me to take on heavyweight speed meat heads. You meet all those kind of guys, how to sail dead upwind, perpetual motion devices, although I must admit that device is genius in that it works. I love eccentrics that want to defy the alleged laws of physics, one day someone may find the means to travel faster than light, which I once proved to my physics master at school in theory at least only to be treated with as much derision as I receive here. Honestly I don't fully understand a lot of what the informed guys have clearly postulated, nobody has adequately explained in a manner that convinces me for instance that a rack and wire achieve the same thing and that need to be disproved. So this theory v mechanics thing aint over for me, there's something missing that I haven't completely grasped, even if you assume the weight transfer goes up the wire, then down the other side via the lee shroud, the leverage is still greater than that same weight being applied to a static rack which would scientifically explain at least why a trapeze is faster.

Edited by tink - 04 Jan 22 at 7:19pm

Originally posted by 423zero Griff, what do you make of the 'dead downwind speed' thing? Thought you would be all over that.

If like me you joined the AYRS which I ran into during my eccentric speed week and revolutionary sail design period, in which I had to develop a sail to allow light weight me to take on heavyweight speed meat heads. You meet all those kind of guys, how to sail dead upwind, perpetual motion devices, although I must admit that device is genius in that it works. I love eccentrics that want to defy the alleged laws of physics, one day someone may find the means to travel faster than light, which I once proved to my physics master at school in theory at least only to be treated with as much derision as I receive here.

Honestly I don't fully understand a lot of what the informed guys have clearly postulated, nobody has adequately explained in a manner that convinces me for instance that a rack and wire achieve the same thing and that need to be disproved.

So this theory v mechanics thing aint over for me, there's something missing that I haven't completely grasped, even if you assume the weight transfer goes up the wire, then down the other side via the lee shroud, the leverage is still greater than that same weight being applied to a static rack which might scientifically explain at least why a trapeze is faster.

Edited by iGRF - 04 Jan 22 at 7:12pm