Not another one!!

[Dudley Dix]

Originally Posted by whoosh

to dix
the boat here nimbus 2 has a below wl pl of 8mm, that is equiv of 2.5mm steel so strong is not necessarily heavy

At no time have I ever said that a boat has to be heavy to be strong. The fact is that steel is strong but it is also heavy. Aluminium is also strong and it is lighter, about 50% of the weight of steel for similar structural stiffness.

[Brent Swain]

Originally Posted by Dudley Dix

You are unlikely to need any patterns if you build from a CNC kit. Most builders of my boats build from offsets and bulkhead/frame diagrams, if building from scratch. A small percentage order Mylar patterns. Only some of our dinghies are built from paper patterns, they are too dimensionally unstable to use for larger boats.



Ganley designed some really nice steel boats. I have a lot of respect for his work. I have only heard good reports of them from owners. Whoosh's is the first negative comment that I have seen.

Dudley

Ganly was that all too rare character, a designer who actually got his hands dirty building his own designs. Thus they go together far more easily than those designed by people who only draw pretty pictures of boats and never actually try to do what they are asking others to do. They are excellent and practical designs, and I've never met an owner who was unhappy with his Ganley. They are designed with steel in mind ,based on steel working experience , taking full advantage of the material, not a copy of wooden boatbuilding .
Brent