My own personal Failboat

i have that. at least i think i have that, its what we raise the jib on. i think....

 

Tilt your head to the side and it will look straight again!

 

Thats the forestay.. that attaches to the top of the mast and to the front of the boat

 

dear Lord sailing is hard! i give up, i'm just gonna blow it up!

 

i'll get Chris to bring his video camera

 

You have life insurance? Fake your own "watery" death. Tow the boat out, the bent mast will be news worthy and collect the DoeRayMee.

Bring a few articles of old laundry and Viola!....we are in the moola!

 

If we got the mast fixed and got the sail up, would it be possible to power it with a couple of leaf blowers? People on shore or in passing water craft would be amazed. We could stand just behind the sail, leaf blowers aimed up and running.

Hmmmm.......

 

physics says no

 

Physics Shmysics....Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

All in the name of science my good man. Besides, It's not OUR boat.

 

Not quite correct. If you were in the stern blowing forward into the sail it wouldn't work.... But if you were on the side of the boat even with the mast, blowing the air into the sail which would have to be let about half way out you would move the boat slowly forward.

 

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........The guy took the joke, spun it, dissected it and then explained some pocket protector crap that we alllllllllllllllllready knew wouldn't work.

Gotta patch for the balloon you just popped?

 

Thank you kind sir...

 

Nope. Newton's law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. There's just as much force pushing you against the boat which cancels out any force you would exert on the sails. It's just the same as trying to physically push on the mast with your hands, which would exert much more force than the leaf blower. No matter where you stand on the boat, it won't move because your legs exert the same force in the opposite direction that you're pushing.