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January 22, 2011 by · Comments Off on Sloop 

Sloop, A sloop (Sloep of Dutch) is a sailing vessel with fore and aft rigs and a single mast further forward than the mast of a cutter. A preliminary sloop triangle is smaller than a knife, unlike a cup; a sloop usually bends only one headsail, though this distinction is not definitive, as some sloops of Sloop friendship have more than one. Ultimately the position of the mast is the most important factor in determining whether a ship is classified as a sloop. [Citation needed]

On a gaff, one boat masts, the clearest distinction between a sloop and a cutter along the forestay. The sloop, he runs to the outer end of the bowsprit, which means that the bowsprit must remain in position and cannot be retracted. On a cut, the short stay at the head of the stem of the hull. This allows the bowsprit to run back toward the inside and tidy. This can be useful in congested ports or when stowing the jib in strong wind

No design is perfect for all conditions; sloops are designed to optimize upwind sailing. However, sloops also offer an excellent overall compromise acceptable if it is not optimal at all points of sail. It is clear that management’s most difficult sailing into the wind (known as sailing close-hauled), which requires some specific design features. The sail must be as vertical as possible to maximize the power of wind.

Two forces acting on a ship to push it vertically (also known as heel over): (1) the weight of the platform itself will tend to heel the boat, and (2) the lateral force of wind on sails. The sloop is a platform of light with fewer lines and spars; sails on a sloop tend to be flat which minimizes the side force when it is well stocked. The tipping forces are counterbalanced by the keel, which uses weight and hydrodynamic forces to compensate for the rigging and sails.

When sailing upwind, it is also important to minimize the drag of wind on the sail and rigging. A major cause of the drag of the sail is a vortex of turbulent air generated by the top of the mast and sail. Secondary causes are non-optimal aerodynamic shapes of masts, stays and control lines. The sloop minimizes the drag of the tip vortex with a design of sails high and narrow (high aspect), maximizing the amount of sail for a tip vortex given relative to a square-rigged or gaff-rigged ship. In addition, the simplicity of the platform reduces the induced drag by control lines, masts and spars.

The modern yachting sloop is known as the Bermuda sloop, because of its platform in Bermuda (also known as Marconi rig, because of its resemblance to the towers wireless by Guglielmo Marconi), which is the flat -optimal shape for the sail to the wind, consequently sloops are popular with boaters and marine sports, and racing. The rig is simple in its basic form, but when set correctly, it is handy and fast. The main drawback is the relatively large size of the sails, especially on large vessels. It is also less successful sailing downwind, the addition of a spinnaker is a need for faster speed downwind, but in all the strongest winds, and the spinnaker is a sail inherently unstable and requires constant trimming.

Viernes

January 22, 2011 by · Comments Off on Viernes 

Viernes, I agree that Friday is a day with Angel in the day-to-day forever Real Betis BalompiĆ©. If this summer has been institutionalized Dona Mercedes Alaya Friday, Saturday, feast of St. Agnes and Friday by the way, was able to hold that, in fact, Friday is an angel. If the summer went on that day of the week the role of becoming Betis because Friday was when the eminent judge made decisions that were to change the history of the club sevillani’simo thirteen bars, wanted the hearing yesterday also was on Friday when Betis received the biggest news ever dreamed.

Everyone who wants to Betis, and even those who do not hate him, touching the clothes to the delay of the opinion of the Court and, although the evidence is the evidence, did not want to think about the failure that would repeal as instructed by Mrs. Mercedes. It would have been a cataclysm that would have swept away all sentimental charge that carries the Real Betis BalompiƩ. One step back, a return to the shame would have been a coup de grace to whatever means Betis in the global world. The proof is in some reactions recorded in social networks and is in line with the wish that the chorus is expressed in a certain place for the return of Lopera.

Now open a certain time of hope because diabetics will handle Betis at least until the final ruling. And the rate at which runs the Justice must be sufficient to mark Real Betis BalompiƩ, a little unique in our game, be revitalized doggedly pursued the path of regeneration. Had to be on Friday, from and holy day for Betis, when light hiciese after a tunnel was cleared but only yesterday did not materialize. From this moment, the ball falls at the feet of diabetics; the goal is presented expeditiously without hindrance ominous, and just need to not jump over the bar. Friday.

The Police have arrested this morning to an individual resident in Castelldefels and identified as Fernando P. B., 45, as the alleged perpetrator of the stabbing death of the head of a gym in the street of the residential Diputacio’ deCambrils Vilafortuny.

The detention occurred at 14.30 when Mossos have intercepted the van the suspect, who followed the track yesterday, in the N-340 at the height of Torredembarra. The detainee is charged with the authorship of the crime of murder and has been made available to the court Reus Guard

. The fatal stabbing occurred after the victim and the assailant got into an argument for reasons that remain unclear, although the motive for the theft dismissed.

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