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Sailboat as powered cruiser?
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DSK
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Please explain why the righting moment of a sailboat would be improved by more
weight, higher up!
Static stability, no. Righting moment, no. Moment of inertia, yes.
More weight higher up will reduce righting moment, as you cleverly
deduced, but it will also *greatly* increase the inertia in roll (and
pitch, for that matter, but the pitch axis is less important) and make
the boat more dynamically stable and a lot more comfortable.
I can't wait to hear this one.
Now you don't have to.
DSK
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