Just got the latest copy of SCA, and low and behold, "Miss T" is gracing the cover. Aside from the gorgeous boat, gorgeous setting, etc..... What stands out is she does have "a lot" of mast rake!
So how much is "a lot". Using the beach as a horizontal reference, and the lighthouse as a vertical reference, and realizing the view is from about 20 to 30 degrees forward of the starboard beam, I'm measuring about 2 to 3 degrees of mast rake as viewed.....which is more like 3 or 4 degrees if viewed directly from the beam (spreaders nearly in line with the mast). This also assumes she was sitting approximately level at the exact moment John snapped the picture. Granted, this is all very crude....but what else do we have? Some of the more enlightened math whizzes may want to check my calculations, but to get that type of mast rake, assuming P (length of luff of the mainsail) is 19', then each degree of mast rake would equal about 4" of distance measured out from the mast at the boom. So if one wanted to get 3 or 4 degrees of mast rake, you could start by measuring off 12 to 16 inches out on the boom....then level the boat fore and aft and rake the mast until a plumb bob from the main halyard reached that range. Use that as a starting point and rake up or down from there? I think 12 inches would indeed be "a lot" of mast rake! Howard _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
