It's been almost 30 years since I graduated from college w/ an engineering degree .... I quess I should have dug out one of my old textbooks and verified the numbers !!!! But I did remember that the sin and cos of 45' are equal ....

So in the example, instead of a calculated load in the Horizontal Axis of "Y" =500lbs given the forestay load is 1000lbs it is actually "Y" = 707lbs

That may make my point even better .... Thanks

As you may have quessed ... I wasn't the most brilliant person in my class !!!! On one test I reduced 4/2 to 1/2 ... the Prof circled that one along w/ a BIG ???? I was able to argue for partial credit, that it was a simple (but stupid) mathmatical error and I had used the proper engineering principle/theory ... the prof was in a forgiving mood that day ....

What year is your TheMightyHobie18??? That is one low sail# you have there. I have two TheMightyHobie18 Mainsails, the one I race is #9458 which I just transfered to a new set of sails last year, the other is #1400 ... I haven't seen any lowwer then my ol' #1400 in a long time.

Harry Murphey
TheMightyHobie18/#9458, Fleet54/Div11
P19MX/#86, CRAC