Hi Mike,
I understand the part below about the compressive stress on the boat due to
lack of shrouds, but the other two (torsional and point load stress) kind of
escape me with regards to a freestanding mast.
Is not the mast point loaded at the mast partner location (the deck in most
cases) once dropped into place and placed under wind load by the
sail(s)?
Is not the moment generated through the mast focused into the hull
torsionally through the partner location as fulcrum and then, subsequently, to
the mast step?
Chris
----- Original Message -----From: Mike Crawford
_._,___The nice thing about a freestanding mast is that there won't be all sorts of torsional stresses on the boat, nor point loads and compressive stresses on the mast.
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