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Originally Posted by messabout  Steve; your rendering is a good one but I think the boat is going to be ..shall we say....tiddly. At 30 inch beam it is more canoe than dinghy. It looks good that way however. I have no quarrel with the plumb sides. That is a practical solution for simplicity.
On my drawing board there is a similar teeny dink that is contrived to fit into the back of my Honda Element. It has 40 inches of beam and will generate less than 180 foot pounds of RM at 20 degrees. Obviously it can not use much sail. The skinny one you have drawn will be able to handle even less sail. I considered a narrower boat at considerable length but I concluded that my absence of enthusiasm for swimming was reason enough to make it wider. |
I just drew what I saw of Sail102's drawing and what he has cut out and assembled so far. This isn't my design.
I may be off quite a bit on my dimensions (except for the 8 ft part I think) as I am simply going by the mkI eyeball and guesstimating (well...who knew
that was in the dictionary?) on the width and height of things. I do know that if one sits exactly where one needs to then it would support a combined weight of itself and the passenger as stated above. It sure won't carry much sail unless it sails well on it's side but it should float and hold someone if sealed up properly. A PD will run away from it and will probably keep the passenger(s) in the boat and much drier. Personally I think the PD would be the way to go until some experience in building, sailing and a lot of reading in design has been gained.
12-06-2011, 08:08 AM
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