Excellent! Keep us posted.
Download a set of Puddle Duck Racer plans (free). Buy three sheets of 1/4" plywood ($90) Buy a couple of tubes of waterproof glue. Build that....
How about ten feet? http://www.microcruising.com/ [img]
There's an argument to be made that developing the ability to build these kinds of ships in Vancouver enables them to build them for other navies....
If the guy fished out of Ilwaco, it must be reasonably seaworthy.
I don't think Freeship uses bilge keels in its calculations....
Salt is heavier than sugar (72# per cubic foot vs 53#), but its relative lack of solubility reduces the specific gravity of a dissolved solution....
For Immediate Release Olympia, WA – Devlin Designing Boatbuilders has teamed up with West Satsop Boatworks to create kits for some of Sam’s most...
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. (do these qualify as quotes?)
Sugar Sugar is readily available, non-toxic and has a solubility of 2kg per liter (1kg) of water @25c. The resulting syrup has a specific gravity...
"Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they've lost all...
One observation: I suspect the high starting torque benefits of multiple ( >3) blades are negated in a watercraft because fluid flow over the...
I appreciate what you're saying, and don't necessarily disagree. What I'm hearing from the regional salesmen of small fishing boats is somewhat...
Although I'd considered it (and rejected the idea for cost and practical reasons) there is no cockpit sole on this boat. What looks like a raised...
Version 2.0 Length: 14' 10" LWL: 12' 5" Beam: 5' 5 3/4" Draft: 5" Displacement at DWL: 659# Cp: .60 Wetted surface area: 44 ft^2 Total weight with...
A compelling case has been made for making a finer entry with increased deadrise forward and a longer waterline. As you note, this isn't going to...
By default, DS and FS calculate hydro by using .5*l as midship. Max cs area is usually not precisely midship. Under project settings/main...
Optimistically, the bare hull should weigh about 266 pounds. The general hull form, length and design target is more similar to a Devlin...
Thanks. Knowing what the program does is the important thing. In my case, I cnc cut the hull panels as designed, (after adding some allowance to...
Free!ship+ 3.24 does not have this field. The question to me as a S&G builder is "do development drawings take into account the hull thickness,...
