Gaff rigged yacht

[Paul Davenport]

Fellow sailors,

Recently acquired a 3 metre long gaff rigged yacht without ballast or any
electrics. Given the huge sq. cm size of the mainsail set alone this is
going to take a mother of a electric ( or nuclear powered) winch. Problem
is, how do you translate winch efficiency definitions (expressed in
foot/pounds over time or in metric equivalents) into actual pulling power
for a certain sized sail. There must be a way, and as usual it is probably
quite simple!

Paul

[Trevor George]

Paul Davenport wrote in message ...
> Recently acquired a 3 metre long gaff rigged yacht without ballast ...
> how do you translate winch efficiency definitions (expressed in
> foot/pounds over time or in metric equivalents) into actual pulling power
> for a certain sized sail.

Paul as you're in the UK, get in touch with Mike.
He will know all the *right* answers :~))

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