After a couple of years of reading and saving I've (sort of) finalised a basic design and just started building a hull. Layout and...
I have to admit that I'm pretty embarrassed by my drafting skills :), but I'm happy to share the design. I'll post some basic layouts when I get...
Thanks for the interest. The build has been pretty stagnant for a couple of years while I get finances in order, but as of today I now have a...
Must have been a pretty recent induction - the cartoon was first published this month. Original source: http://www.xkcd.com/936/
Thanks.
Excellent advice :) Although a 9knot tide run would challenge the auxiliary motor on any sailboat I've been on, so an engine isn't a total...
Do you remember which thread it was in? A quick search for "wind resistance" in the past week didn't turn it up.
Winches I can move. Stanchions, lifelines, toerails and jacklines I'm pretty much stuck with on the upstream side. I think as per your original...
Streamlined winches are well outside my scope :) My question was really whether the interactions between the deck appendages and streamlined...
Hi Mas, Thanks for your interest. No engine is a slight exaggeration - I will have two electric motors for docking etc, but I don't plan to...
Thanks, good to know. Where designers are talking Cd of around 0.35 for a cabin structure I have to think that they are assuming flow remains...
In general I agree Mas. However, in the specific I plan to go cruising in a boat with no engine, so I want to be able to sail to windward in a...
That is the sort of comparison I was considering. Everyone points to the vertical windows and shakes their head, but no-one has actual numbers....
Many catamaran designers/manufacturers make much of the fact that their boats topsides and superstructure shape is carefully optimised (on a...
The Dashews built Beowulf VI this way. I think there are some pictures in their blog somewhere. A much heavier cruising cat would need a lot more...
Hi Eric, I'm not an expert, and I've never built using american timbers, but I'll wade in with my impressions: Boats can and have been built out...
As Ray points out it depends heavily on the the type of wood in the ply. Ply available in my area varies in density from 0.3 to 0.8. In...
Sorry Manie, I can't have been very clear. A part of my post was supposed to be the exact opposite of what you got out of it. To clarify: In my...
Nice pic, thanks Brian
Interesting. Perhaps I'm being paranoid about pitchpole. I'm not much of a marina person, so increasing beam has no disadvantage other than a...
