tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873447945042506662.post4972550322191454028..comments2023-03-25T01:26:13.310-07:00Comments on Moth Chronicles: Independence DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873447945042506662.post-55125020186171354522009-07-06T11:34:19.725-07:002009-07-06T11:34:19.725-07:00I’ve had the idea of the venturi running into the ...I’ve had the idea of the venturi running into the hull just to increase total mass (ie more lift to windward). But piping it into the rig or perhaps just the windward wing would perhaps make more sense, the pressure to fill the mast might be a bit hard to attain.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462500027178382722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873447945042506662.post-20841407987137742242009-07-01T17:58:29.749-07:002009-07-01T17:58:29.749-07:00Yes I was mostly kidding about the mast. But then ...Yes I was mostly kidding about the mast. But then again I have sailed quite a bit with water in my old mast before it broke and apart from capsize recovery it never seemed to make a notable difference either way. Water ballast does seem a logical way to go though; perhaps some little venturi thingy plumbed from the foil up to the mast...Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15160777531235205252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873447945042506662.post-82422217991208938932009-07-01T07:03:12.111-07:002009-07-01T07:03:12.111-07:00I think if we can make any part of the boat lighte...I think if we can make any part of the boat lighter we should. If you have sailed a narrow boat with an alloy mast then you will appreciate how much easier a boat moth is to sail with a lighter rig. Also you probably don’t notice moths pitching so much because of our foils and control systems. Any reduction in pitching moment of inertia can only be a good thing. If we reduce the pitching Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462500027178382722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873447945042506662.post-90781823240179526572009-07-01T03:28:08.132-07:002009-07-01T03:28:08.132-07:00Karl,
From one amateur mothie experimenter to anot...Karl,<br />From one amateur mothie experimenter to another I also see a change in moth demography. <br /><br />The class is certainly booming with rock stars and olympians but at least in AUS and probably UK and GER at least, there is still a core of weekend sailors who sail all season for the enjoyment, fronting up at convenient championships to have a go but more likely, as you say, fight out Phil Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119956866591088255noreply@blogger.com