Well, if you can't you can't, George.
This is decidedly where a pix is worth a thousand words. However, let me
try. It helps if you hold your own reflector in your hands. Visualize it
as a globe.
Your typical Davis reflector has three planes, two vertical (at 90 degree
angles to each other--running around the globe like lines longitudes), 1
horizontal through the middle (the equator), so that if you papered over the
reflector the result would be a globe shape.
Hold the reflector so that two vertical planes intersect at the north pole
and designate one of those planes fore and aft (the other would be athwart
ship). On the fore and aft plane, moving forward (or backward), find the 45
degree point halfway between the pole and the equator. That's the
catch-rain position. To find the double catch-rain position, also turn the
reflector on it's equator 45 degrees.
The theory is that the catch-rain position is best if the boat is completely
upright. However, if you hang the reflector in the double catch-rain
position, then when the boat is heeled or rolling, it reflects better
(heeling the reflector into the catch-rain position). I'd say that the DCR
position is really more applicable to sailboats that operate at a constant
angle of heel.
Rick the Mouseherder - nh2f
Westsail 32 Xapic, Hull #438
Annapolis, MD
A small boat and a suitcase full of money
beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank.
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Well, if you can't you can't, George.
This is decidedly where a pix is worth a thousand words. However, let me
try. It helps if you hold your own reflector in your hands. Visualize it
as a globe.
Your typical Davis reflector has three planes, two vertical (at 90 degree
angles to each other--running around the globe like lines longitudes), 1
horizontal through the middle (the equator), so that if you papered over the
reflector the result would be a globe shape.
Hold the reflector so that two vertical planes intersect at the north pole
and designate one of those planes fore and aft (the other would be athwart
ship). On the fore and aft plane, moving forward (or backward), find the 45
degree point halfway between the pole and the equator. That's the
catch-rain position. To find the double catch-rain position, also turn the
reflector on it's equator 45 degrees.
The theory is that the catch-rain position is best if the boat is completely
upright. However, if you hang the reflector in the double catch-rain
position, then when the boat is heeled or rolling, it reflects better
(heeling the reflector into the catch-rain position). I'd say that the DCR
position is really more applicable to sailboats that operate at a constant
angle of heel.
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Rick the Mouseherder - nh2f
Westsail 32 Xapic, Hull #438
Annapolis, MD
A small boat and a suitcase full of money
beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank.
Creative graphic solutions in vinyl for your boat lettering & designs
http://www.mouseherder.com
Visit our Westsail 32 Xapic
http://www.abs.net/~nh2f
The Westsail Owners Assn. Homepage
http://www.westsail.org
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