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You need to do a better job of research. Both have been tried. The better idea was self adjusting shrouds. They were attached to a system that was run to a keel that was pivoted. As the wind increased the mast tilted one way and the keel tilted to windward. The hull always stayed upright and just the mast heeled with ever increasing righting moment from the tilting keel. A great idea that was before its time and as materials improve it will pop up again.
The telescoping mast was useless and didn’t accomplish anything. In an earlier incarnation you could look at the fidded topmast used in an early gaff rigged boat. It came down as the wind increased and reduced the windage and also the heeling moment from weight aloft. In some tea clipper ships, nitrate ships and all early men of war the topmast was also fidded and could be lowered when the weather got bad. In fact a telescoping mast in small to medium sized ships was once common in that sense.
All the best,
Robert Gainer
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Never design a mast that is weaker then the boat
Never design a boat that is weaker then the mast
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Last edited by Tartan34C : 10-29-2007 at 08:49 PM.
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