I have done a number of passages on boats in the 30 to 50 foot LWL range and windmills drive me nuts. It's the noise and vibration that seems to...
I use Pumice because it cuts fast and leaves a nice flat surface, go across the grain with a lot of water as lube. You can cut a lot of wood off...
Edgewater, My only real complaint is that the bozo has his fender still over the side!! Geesh!! One of the MOST IMPORTANT things about being an...
Sorry, I didn't see your post before posting mine. I didn't mean to repeat.
The best thing about teak is that it needs nothing at all. If you really must clean it at all, simply use something flat and work it across the...
This looks like a fun project. A few ideas. - I'm not certain how you're going to get the power from the motor to the prop, but the example has...
Jim, I LOVED reading the story of No Tomorrows!! Great web site! My family and I sailed from San Francisco to New Zealand and back from 1991...
I could not agree more - getting the right match is the MOST important thing. BTW, I rarely hold the tiller or steer the boat with the helm when...
Horses for Courses As others have said, the first thing to do is pick where you're going sailing. Remember that there is certainly no single...
Two rudders, no keel There was a VERY interesting America's Cup boat built by the Kiwis. It had what were really two rudders of equal length...
Edgewater, A few thoughts. I grew up racing in Solings and Etchells, along with a lot of other boats. Now that I'm older I find that I'm...
In racing monohull dinghies this has been done for years. It does help by insuring that the hull is moving through the water while crabing...
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Does anyone design water tanks into multihulls to hold the windward hull down?
Safety pressure release is a REALLY good idea! So.... you're building tanks that will always be full? You need the ballast? On water ballast...
The battle I've always had with folks - and BTW I completely agree with you - is that they think the tanks take too much storage space away. I...
That's a darned good idea. I had a dive compressor aboard and it never occurred to me! I will remember that. The boat was steel, so she was...
Manie, I talked to these guys via email and they use an injected foam that is sort of like (not exactly like) the foam in a Boston Whaler, I...
A Nice Looking Cat Have a look at this: http://www.lebreton-yachts.com/gallery-and-video.php There are some very appealing features to this...
If you get a pump failure take a 5 gallon jerry can and hang it above the engine. Fill it with a manual pump and let it gravity feed down to the...
