Halyard Shackle
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Ormonddude
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mastreb
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Re: Halyard Shackle
The math says your 140 lbs. won't do the job on my boat, but my 260 lbs. will do the job on your boatseahouse wrote:If the water is calm, and warm – I’ll climb to the top of the mast on your boat, and we’ll see first hand, once and for all, what happens!
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Ormonddude
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Re: Halyard Shackle
The poor Masts - send your donation to the save the mast foundation make it payable in Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers vouchers
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seahouse
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Re: Halyard Shackle
Mastreb wrote
Mastreb -Why does the thought occur to me that you're not joking?
- B.
Ahh. My bad. I should have figured that out and suggested it as the source of the error.I was mistakenly talking about negative righting moment, also referred to as heeling moment.
The math says your 140 lbs. won't do the job on my boat, but my 260 lbs. will do the job on your boat
Mastreb -Why does the thought occur to me that you're not joking?
- B.