CB= Center of Buoyancy. It's the force counteracting gravity.
In a stable configuration, the horizontal position of the CB = horizontal position of the CG, otherwise the boat will shift until they do.
As the person leans out (to the right), the combined CG shifts to the right, as does the CB as the mast comes out of the water. The further the CG moves away from the CB, the faster the boat will move in an attempt to restore equilibrium.
The bottom line is that only the horizontal positions of the Center of Buoyancy and Center of Gravity matter. How they get to where they are makes no difference at all.
Agree, this is what I said in my last post, I thought.
You did?.. I thought you were talking about just getting away from the axis, like up on the boards. So I had to start making all these drawings instead of getting back to work..
Sorry to take away from your work.
If you think it's any different than Mass x radius squared = righting moment, then lets see a drawing on why it's not.
I realize this equation doesn't allow for all the other factors that influence this equation however.
HOwever, I always thought that righting moment, while sailing, righting the boat, etc. is the mass times the square of the radius from the axis. Is that not correct?
The mass has to be exerting a force thru some kind of lever, like a line, a board, a righting pole, etc.
