Fossett, Fossett, Fossett, .... is he really that great?

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 at 05:22:28 in message
, Cub Driver
wrote:
Ellen McArthur, if I spell it correctly.

She just did it again, breaking the round-the-world record for a
keelboat solo. Likely she will be on the New Year's Honours List: Dame
Ellen!

If I am not mistaken her boat was a trimaran - does that qualify as a
'keelboat'?
--
David CL Francis

I've been thinking about what made Lindbergh so famous, and so many
other aviation firsts are not. In no particular order, there are a
bunch of reasons that probably also influence other world "memories".

1) There was a competition involved.
2) There was national pride at stake.
3) Others had died attempting the same feat.
4) He was likeable and a newcomer.
5) He was alone.
6) There was no way to know if he was alive until near the end.
7) He had to navigate by dead reckoning
8) The technology was just barely there.

A lot of these also applied to the moon race.

Kev

("Kev" wrote)
1) There was a competition involved.
2) There was national pride at stake.
3) Others had died attempting the same feat.
4) He was likeable and a newcomer.
5) He was alone.
6) There was no way to know if he was alive until near the end.
7) He had to navigate by dead reckoning
8) The technology was just barely there.


The post WWI population understood his craft: small plane + motor + fuel.
There was an accessibility, a connection, to this technology as in, maybe
"I" could have built that. Maybe "I" could have done that. Perhaps that
resonated in people's imagination back in 1927.


Montblack

"David CL Francis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 at 05:22:28 in message
, Cub Driver
wrote:
Ellen McArthur, if I spell it correctly.

She just did it again, breaking the round-the-world record for a
keelboat solo. Likely she will be on the New Year's Honours List: Dame
Ellen!

If I am not mistaken her boat was a trimaran - does that qualify as a
'keelboat'?

No.

--
David CL Francis

As I recall Lindbergh did have a pretty fair amount of input into the
configuration of the airplane.

He helped with the extensive modifications, both conceptual and sweatwise.
--
Jim in NC

David CL Francis wrote:

If I am not mistaken her boat was a trimaran - does that qualify as a
'keelboat'?

3 keels are better than 1...

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
.. .
David CL Francis wrote:

If I am not mistaken her boat was a trimaran - does that qualify as a
'keelboat'?

3 keels are better than 1...

Actually a boat with 3 keels would be horribly slow.

Dave Stadt wrote:

Actually a boat with 3 keels would be horribly slow.

2 are faster than 1, I'd bet 3 shallow beats a single deep one,
especially when it just has 2 in the water in a strong wind...

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
.. .
Dave Stadt wrote:

Actually a boat with 3 keels would be horribly slow.

2 are faster than 1, I'd bet 3 shallow beats a single deep one,
especially when it just has 2 in the water in a strong wind...

Shallow keels in general aren't worth much. The stronger the wind the
deeper you want.

Many have tried two but have not been successful. Two are good for
grounding though as the boat sits upright nice waiting for the tide to come
in. Keels are wings remember.

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
.. .
Dave Stadt wrote:

Actually a boat with 3 keels would be horribly slow.

2 are faster than 1, I'd bet 3 shallow beats a single deep one,
especially when it just has 2 in the water in a strong wind...

You are missing the technical definition of a keel boat. Tri hulls and
Catamarans are not keelboats. Deep displacement sailboats without moveable
centerboards are keel boats.
--
Jim in NC