Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re: Elementarry and the Marples Diamond Rig |
From: Rick Willoughby |
Date: 2/7/2012, 3:33 PM |
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Reply-to: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Mike
I get that the Marples rig is balanced, and for a boat that needs to sail in both directions, that's a serious benefit (Rick's neat trick of sailing with the ww hull to leeward, in order to balance out the forces, notwithstanding).