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dsgrntlxmply
Joined: 16 Jun 2010 Posts: 255
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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whitevan01 wrote: | andydavis wrote: | (and this whole thread is a waste of precious electrons) |
what? what do you think happened to them? |
No telling, and in a deep sense. Electrons are indistinguishable particles. |
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andydavis
Joined: 11 Apr 1999 Posts: 319 Location: Point Isabel
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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whitevan01 wrote: | andydavis wrote: | (and this whole thread is a waste of precious electrons) |
what? what do you think happened to them? |
they died a slow and painful death |
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keycocker
Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 3598
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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We used to change out Chinook arms in our shop, but the other side had exactly the same milage as the one that failed, so it failed soon as well.
Ditto for field changing only one harness line to get back out there.
On the other hand, swimming your gear is a windsurfing skill that improves with practice.... |
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windoggi
Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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keycocker wrote: | the other side had exactly the same milage as the one that failed, so it failed soon as well. | Andy only sails one direction so no problemo. _________________ /w\ |
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windward1
Joined: 18 Jun 2000 Posts: 1400
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:35 am Post subject: |
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It used to be common practice at any plant to design everything mechanical with a spare and to run that spare equal time as the primary piece of gear. Then, it was found out, similar to Keycocker's booms, that the spare was likely to fail while the primary was being fixed as they both had run the same amount of time.
So the solution was to run the primary unit for 2/3 of the time and the spare for 1/3 the time (this was done on a 24 hour basis usually) so that when the primary was down for repair, their was some confidence the spare would not fail during that time.
To apply this to windsurfing, we should use one side of our boom for 2/3 of the time and the other side for 1/3 of the time.
Sounds like one would need to get good at back-winded sailing. |
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