Manfred Curry's Aero
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One seldom sees a wishbone tiller - the device was rendered obsolete by the tiller extension.IMAGINES VEL NON FUERINT -
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Beuller?
I was curious also, apparently they were used as a hand brake would be at the start of a race. But I read that on the internet, so who knows.Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
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the brake, 2 flippers were attached to the rudder, when deployed would stall the boat under full sail, basicly stoping it, good for a start, you did not have to tack to prevent an early start, you just stomped on the break in front of the starting line and let go when the signal came. Same at turning bojes, stomp on the break, turn and release.
It worked so good that it was outlawed.It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.
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An amazing man. I have a copy of yacht racing.20180503_092337.jpg
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Also, sadly, rather flawed. He was heavily into water divining, and claimed to be the originator of "Curry Lines" which are force fields that come from deep within the earth. Reading the accounts of his "discovery" are sobering, for they show his lack of logic. For example, he once went into a house and divined that the Curry Lines crossed another set of force-field lines on a bed. Amazingly (?) enquiries revealed that a women who used to sleep there had cancer years before - OMG, proof that the cancer MUST have been caused by the dangerous intersection between the two sets of "force field" lines.
Apparently, if you get a diviner in and they find such a dangerous spot where the Curry Lines cross the other force lines, you can cure the problem by putting a rock over it. So the force fields come up through the magma, the crust, and all the other bits of earth for hundreds of miles and then get apparently deflected by a little rock that someone has put there...... hmmm. Very logical. Not. Someone has also pointed out that it's geometrically impossible for the two sets of lines to cross at 90 degrees everywhere because the earth is round.
And yet Curry was definitely a brilliant man in some ways, although I've been unable to trace evidence that his sailing was as successful as he claims. People like Francis Herreshoff and Marchaj were rather damning of him.
He's a very interesting figure and quite important in some ways, but to what extent any of his claims can be believed is another matter.Comment
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Devices on either side of the rudder was a braking system. It was quickly ruled illegal by rules makers and never used to any appreciable extent. Its all covered in Manfred's book which was my bible as a beginning racer. I don't get involved in any of this guy versus that guy as I think that all had some valuable tidbits to offer.
Nick is correct except for the reason brakes were outlawed. The ability to stop your boat gave you the ability to foul out following boats as well as kill the ability for other racers to judge your future positions. Without the ability to predict future positions of other boats at turning marks or when meeting, its not possible to make good decisions when you are near other boats on the race course. Such dynamic perspectives were my main advantage over many others and without that ability I'd probably never win a race as I'm not a very good athlete.Last edited by Tom Lathrop; 05-02-2018, 06:54 PM.Tom LComment
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Also, sadly, rather flawed. He was heavily into water divining, and claimed to be the originator of "Curry Lines" which are force fields that come from deep within the earth. Reading the accounts of his "discovery" are sobering, for they show his lack of logic. For example, he once went into a house and divined that the Curry Lines crossed another set of force-field lines on a bed. Amazingly (?) enquiries revealed that a women who used to sleep there had cancer years before - OMG, proof that the cancer MUST have been caused by the dangerous intersection between the two sets of "force field" lines.
Apparently, if you get a diviner in and they find such a dangerous spot where the Curry Lines cross the other force lines, you can cure the problem by putting a rock over it. So the force fields come up through the magma, the crust, and all the other bits of earth for hundreds of miles and then get apparently deflected by a little rock that someone has put there...... hmmm. Very logical. Not. Someone has also pointed out that it's geometrically impossible for the two sets of lines to cross at 90 degrees everywhere because the earth is round.
And yet Curry was definitely a brilliant man in some ways, although I've been unable to trace evidence that his sailing was as successful as he claims. People like Francis Herreshoff and Marchaj were rather damning of him.
He's a very interesting figure and quite important in some ways, but to what extent any of his claims can be believed is another matter.
Do you like the 'wing warping' rudder? and the asymmetrical centre plates for different tacks and straight ahead.Comment
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