Just a little trailer sailor. About 4 meters in length, totally open - no cabin or deck. It's a pretty simple boat, so I'm thinking he should be...
No, actually. What happened with that project was that I didn't have a totally enclosed indoor space to work in and the cardboard got rained on a...
Who is the ignorant one? Okay, I need an expert opinion on something. I already know the answer, but my friend said, "Ask any expert," so I am....
Well, I'd be more inclined to call it a "Hobie 5," seeing as how it is 5 meters long and, unlike most Americans, I actually prefer to think in...
Okay, so the hole is just about a meter long, and it is 4 cm wide at its widest point. Looking at the boat from the side, you can barely even...
Another view showing some of the damage that had to be repaired after an inconvenient rain storm.
All sealed up! The bottom, sides, bow and transom are all sealed together externally. If I put her in the water right now, she'd float. Well,...
After installation of the port chine.
Yeah, I thought that pictures might be a good idea after I posted the thread. Unlike many Americans, however, I haven't had an Internet-ready...
Hello, I recently acquired a 17' Hobie Cat sailboat with trailer. It seems to be in fairly good condition, but during the trip home it slipped...
Okay, how about something like this? Unlike the wooden versions, my PD Racer actually has a totally flat bottom in that center section. The...
The bottom is made of tiled pizza boxes. One of them ended up with the label side out, which you can see in this picture. I was annoyed at...
Here you can see some of the markings that make it obvious she's made of cardboard.
The hull goes "3-D!"
I'm posting my pictures in a gallery: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/profile/cardboardking.html As you can see, I'm not as close to being...
Thanks for the recommendations, but I really can't see my boat having a rotating mast. And I do understand what the forces would be on a...
Did you, by any chance, sketch a diagram of this rig? I looked at the picture you posted earlier of the rig with the boomed jib, but I don't know...
Well, I found a web site that actually goes into considerable detail about how to set up a gaff rig, and I have to admit it didn't do anything to...
Okay, so let me re-phrase this and see if I'm starting to understand. The gaff is not actually connected to the mast - it just slides up and down...
Here, the first bottom cross-brace is in place. The second one is sitting inside the boat, waiting to be installed.
