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Olav arch. nav. Registered: December 2003 Location: Filia pulchra Lubecæ Posts: 210	Rendering of my current Moth design which will be built this winter with assistance of a fellow student. Note the 2nd centrecase (aft) where a hydrofoiled centreboard can be fitted. Building method is foam/carbon sandwich, estimated all-up weight (incl. rig, all fittings etc.) is slightly above 30kgs. For those who are interested in the software used: The hull has been designed with Hullform 6 whereas the rendering has been produced using SolidWorks and the use of the VRML-output feature of Hullform 9.
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Andy
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Registered: August 2003
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December-9-2003 7:15pm

Looks good Olav. You might consider leaving out the 2nd centreboard case and save some weight unless you are convinced of the best location for it - see the current thread in the forum about foiler design (as im sure you already have). Then you can get rid of the conventional case when you switch to foils - or are you planning to use different foils and positions depending on conditions? Keep us up to date as you build, though!!! Andy

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Olav

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Registered: December 2003
Location: Filia pulchra Lubecæ
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December-10-2003 4:48am

Hi Andy,

Thanks for your comment!

I think your're perfectly right regarding the two centrecases. Yesterday I read the thread you mentioned, found a lot of interesting things posted there and came to a similar conclusion.

The boat is to have the Miller system (acknowledgements to both Rich Miller and Ian Ward by the way!) and I was a bit concerned about the required distance between the front foil and the centreboard (i.e. not too short for longtitudinal stability)so I guessed its value from the pics of Rich Miller's surfboard.

However, leaving out the 2nd case will save me likely trouble with the LCE...

Regards, Olav

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