W.H.White NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

I just seek information about a sailship: Type spray
a 40 ft. schooner "spray" - 20 years old, build from old
drawings. I am a potentiel buer for this ship, and seek
therfore History info about the type.
So far it have been very difficult, so i hope to hear
from somebody from " Boatdesign.net

B.R

John Noergaard
Email: flag@mail.dk

Originally Posted by ongolo

Froude in effect explains the loss of stability when a vessel is on top of a w
ave and the wave drops away. Thers is a point of apparent weightlessness as the vessel gegins to drop in to the trough of the waves.

At a certain point in time there is zero stability. That is also the reason, why the spray blows away from the crest of a wave. The "weightless" water gets blown away.

Tony Marchaja explained these things also in PBO referencing to Froude, but I only understood when I read Froudes observations explained in the book mentioned.

There is a Titanic Forum in which they also quote the book Manual of Naval architecture by Sir w.h.white while they are onto rudder design.

No matter what anybody says, and no matter what the beam of a cat, given the right conditions, it will capsize. So will in all probability a monohull, but as we know, the latter will come up again. However, I shall not enter into pro and con of different types of boats, we all make out own choices.

A Cat is certainly nice, but I would not swap it for my 55ft gaff shooner. 5 tons up ot not makes little difference to my boat and that is important to me.

regards ongolo

[Stanley]

Hi Ongolo
I am looking for an easy to build schooner steel hull. I saw the 55ft schooner hull that you have built and would like to know if you would share info on why you went with this design in particular. Perhaps you can recommend an easier and simpler alternative design.
Are you still selling the 55ft Schooner hull you have built? What can you tell me about it?

Stan

[ongolo]

Hi Stan, yes I woud share thew info with you, but it is 4.57 am, it is winter here and cold, I am just down loading the bowditch manual.

In short, I wanted a strong, simple, versatile boat, with pilot house, cargo space and a workshop. A schooner i choose because it is the strongest rig, rudder is transom hung for simple maintenance and engine is aircooled to remove condensadtion when running.

You can mail me directly werda555@hotmail.com . the hotmail address is just a buffer adress against spam, I shall then provide my working address.

It is no longer a "hull" it is a complete boat.

More in direct mail after you contacted me.


regards winfried