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Mast Rake
Flying Cloud's masts all raked backward one and one-quarter inch per foot of mast height. This design characteristic -- common among clipper ships -- allowed the wind to lift the ship while plowing forward rather than the wind driving the clipper ship's much sharper bow under water at speed...dangerous to crew and vessel alike as well as a serious concern to insurance underwriters.
Mast rake also reduced the ship's inclination to alternately pitch forward and aft along the ship's centerline...pitching forward followed by the stern slamming down on her transom overhang aft under certain challenging sea conditions.
Mast Rake
Flying Cloud's masts all raked backward one and one-quarter inch per foot of mast height. This design characteristic -- common among clipper ships -- allowed the wind to lift the ship while plowing forward rather than the wind driving the clipper ship's much sharper bow under water at speed...dangerous to crew and vessel alike as well as a serious concern to insurance underwriters.
Mast rake also reduced the ship's inclination to alternately pitch forward and aft along the ship's centerline...pitching forward followed by the stern slamming down on her transom overhang aft under certain challenging sea conditions.