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- Dictionarysheer/ʃɪə/
adjective
- 1. nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis): "she giggled with sheer delight" Similar
- 2. (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so: "the sheer ice walls" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. perpendicularly: "the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags"
- 2. completely; right: archaic "she went sheer forward when the door was open"
noun
- 1. a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article: "I put up the new curtains and sheers"
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Jul 6, 2011 · Jehardiman explained the geometry perfectly, but did not elaborate on the term sheer. The word is generally taken to mean the curve of the deckline as viewed from the side. If the curve forward is raised a bit, then the nose of the boat will extend a little if the curve of the stem is kept. The reason for raising the height of the front end of ...
To define a standard sheer, draw a line parallel to and above the DWL at a distance representing the minimum freeboard at amidships. At the forward perpendicular (FP) mark a point a distance 0.0166L+0.508 above this line. Repeat at the after perpendicular using 0.00833L+0.254 (you may have noticed this is half the FP amount).
Aug 29, 2009 · If you look at a sailing monohull with conventional sheer as it heels, water is lapping at the midships sheerline except where the hull wave drops. Even with flat sheer same thing happens. So reverse sheer, while not pleasing the the normal sailor's eye, makes a lot of sense by raising the sheer at midships.
Aug 29, 2009 · Booster, how about these other two: David Barker's 40 foot Sundancer catamaran and Gordon Trower's Mach 1, which wasn't built but his Warbird was, and that had plenty of reverse sheer too. Paul Whiting's Newspaper Taxi had a low bow and high stern which gave it a reverse sheer-like look - but was really straight along the gunwhale lines.
Oct 1, 2006 · Some facts I've used the figure of 500 sq. ft.(46.4 sq. m) /per metric ton(2200lb.) for the power required to plane- I think I found it in Marchaj a long time ago.
Apr 19, 2011 · Mirabaud-Super Foiler 2011 from The Daily Sail: Mirabaud LX at Cowes Week-Thomas Jundt's newly wingsailed foiler returns to the UK
May 2, 2008 · Sheer has nothing to do with how a boat performs except where high ends or low freeboard factor in. Of course, with angled sides, beam is effected, so it is wider if the sheer is higher at the midsection. In general, designing the sheer is an aesthetic problem. There are many different types of sheers; classic downward curving, reverse (humped ...
Jun 25, 2011 · The fact of the matter is that that the gentleman has already acquired a $5.00 sailboat. Let's see if we can help make it work for him, instead of lecturing him on why he shouldn't have wasted his five bucks.
Nov 29, 2020 · The "sheer" is the longitudinal line the deck edge makes along the hull side. Camber is the "crown" the deck has between the edges and the centerline. Both help the deck shed water. The actual side profile is made by the bulwark. This is the structure above the deck edge designed to keep people on the vessel.
Feb 14, 2016 · There are many chined hulls with compound curved bottoms. A hull made of all developed surfaces is a bit harder to design than a round bottom hull. Usually, it cannot be quite as versatile, but at one design point, it can do very nearly as well. Chined hulls are often a bit heavier than the equivalent round hull.
