Registered: October 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 23
October-31-2004 3:00pm
Ok so this is my first big boat i'm working on. any suggestions would be welcome
spank Junior Member
Registered: February 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 51
November-5-2004 9:44pm
Obviously you realize the limitations of realizing a hull shape in Paint. One suggestion whould be to get a hull designing package. One can be had for a couple of hundred bucks...not bad actually. Once you have that, you can actually get quite a bit more information out of the hull you design as far as hydrostatics are concerned. You could also draft up a hull on paper. One practical consideration you might want to think about with the design as it is drawn is that the mizzen will be really hard to trim with it hanging off the stern by so much.
Registered: October 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 23
November-7-2004 1:03am
I realise the limitations of paint unfortunatly i'm a kid and dont have money to spare.
yes i agree with you about the mizzen. hadent realy thought about that though but it is a very good point. i saw a boat once that had a platform extending of the stern. i think that somthing like that would help.
Thank you for the comments.
9609 Junior Member
Registered: February 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 11
January-19-2005 7:49pm
Rating: 8
That "platform" which extends off the stern is called a boomkin. I would sugest a pad of graph paper to do the prelimenery design. Also you can get a clear ruler that will also double as a spline. I start alot of my designs this way.
FavoriteSon Junior Member
Registered: October 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 23
March-2-2005 7:41pm
yes, thank you every one for their advice, I've been studying more about boat design so now i can have designs that look nice. unfortunatly it will take a lot longer to make
Milan Senior Member
Registered: April 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 155
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