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Subject: RE: [worldcruising] Anyone know the positive stability angle for a Westsail 32?
From: Chuck Morford (chuckmorford@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2001 - 09:06:29 EST
Thanks Rick (!) I knew you'd have the answer....
Chuck
--- Rick the Mouseherder <nh2f@XXX.XXX> wrote:
> => boats
> => can be compared at this site: <http://image-ination.com/sailcalc.html>
> =>
>
> I just plugged the numbers for our Westsail 32 into this calculator and it
> says that our boat is a "racer" (!) A lot of the results were considerably
> off when compared against working the formulas out with a calculator. You
> can find the basic data for the Westsail 32 as well as most other boats as
> an excel spreadsheet download at:
> http://www.mouseherder.com/xapic/sleep.html
>
>
> The Westsail 32 has a capsize risk of 1.58, where any number less than 2.0
> is good.
>
> The question of the angle of vanishing satiability came up on the WOA
> message board just last week. The answer is 145 degrees.
>
>
> Rick
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