[Rhodes22-list] Re design of Rhodes Interior and elimination of compression post.

[Ronald Lipton]

Assuming that you want the same horizontal component of the force to 
support the mast
it is scales with the the sine of the angle the stay makes with the 
mast.  Assuming a 20 ft
mast and ~45 inch mast-to-stay distance you would need to increase the 
stay tension by
15% to bring the stays in by 6".

Ron

John Shulick wrote:
> Hi Rik,
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>  I understand the load on the stays increases with the reduction of
> mechanical advantage. But dosent the boat have a certain moment of inertia
> which must be over come for the boat to begin heeling. Or is that factor so
> low as to be meaningless in the calculation? Also do you have the background
> to calculate how much the load would be increased over the standard rigging?
> I haven't done that type of math for 35 yrs.
>
> Thank you for your input
>
> John S
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