Outhaul Tension Guide
Suggest increasing outhaul tension as apparent wind rises, from twenty percent in very light air to full tension at twenty knots.
Description
Suggest increasing outhaul tension as apparent wind rises, from twenty percent in very light air to full tension at twenty knots.
Outhaul Tension Guide is a focused tool for the following task. Suggest increasing outhaul tension as apparent wind rises, from twenty percent in very light air to full tension at twenty knots. It reports Outhaul tension from the values you provide rather than inventing measurements, coefficients, or professional judgment that are not part of the input.
When to use Outhaul Tension Guide
Use this sailing calculation for planning or education when the vessel, units, reference directions, environmental conditions, and assumptions are explicitly known.
- Apparent wind (kn)
- Required number in kn. Apparent wind speed.
The cited overview of Running rigging supplies background for the terminology and domain context used by this tool.1
How Outhaul Tension Guide works
Suggest increasing outhaul tension as apparent wind rises, from twenty percent in very light air to full tension at twenty knots. Inputs are interpreted exactly in the displayed units and the calculation returns the following fields without presentation rounding.
- Outhaul tension (%)
- Returned number in %. Recommended outhaul tension as a percentage of range.
Limitations and assumptions
- Vessel design and loading, sea state, wind, current, tide datum, weather, chart accuracy, equipment, crew, and safety margins can make real conditions differ from a simplified result.
- Apparent wind must be at least 0.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units, preserve source measurements and assumptions, and independently verify consequential decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Cross-check current charts, tide and weather services, instrument data, vessel manuals, and applicable navigation rules, and retain a conservative alternative plan.
References
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Running rigging — Wikipedia contributors
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