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bonaccordians · 03-07-2009, 10:03

Thanks a bunch for your ideas and opinions. We really want the strongest robust sails possible. The boat is a steel schooner with steel masts.. very solid. We want the sails to hang in there as long as possible in a gale. For instance, if one was to put the boat in a concrete pit, set all sail for a broad reach angle of wind .. and then... slowly rev up a pratt and whitney jet engine in the direction of wind flow.... what part of the sail or rig would fail first? 50 - 60 -70 -80 - 100knts .... what would happen exactly? Any ideas? I guess the sail would fail before the rig.. but... which part of the sail would fail first?.. Just a crazy hypothetical. Thanks.
Charlie

03-07-2009, 10:03	#4
bonaccordians Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Boat: Steel Pinky Schooner 43' Posts: 11	thankyou, (also destructive hypothetical) Thanks a bunch for your ideas and opinions. We really want the strongest robust sails possible. The boat is a steel schooner with steel masts.. very solid. We want the sails to hang in there as long as possible in a gale. For instance, if one was to put the boat in a concrete pit, set all sail for a broad reach angle of wind .. and then... slowly rev up a pratt and whitney jet engine in the direction of wind flow.... what part of the sail or rig would fail first? 50 - 60 -70 -80 - 100knts .... what would happen exactly? Any ideas? I guess the sail would fail before the rig.. but... which part of the sail would fail first?.. Just a crazy hypothetical. Thanks. Charlie