TLLF: I respect your view Stuart, but using H16 hulls is a compromise ... more towards the early Astus design (and reversing them without toe-in,...
SolGato: "Anyway if anyone cares to address the issue of using shorter but more buoyant hulls with the long center hull that has a background in...
TTLF: "I'm not sure why you would suggest, "'Drain holes' as such in foam would not work, as you'd need one for every microscopic cell", rather...
For Stumble: For this 'design competition', what is the scheduled 'program timeline' and will there be an official SOR or "Statement of...
Thanks Doug. Yes, I can imagine with such a soft foam and a relatively stiff single glass layer, that would pierce VERY easily! Boat life must...
Fandango: Hard to believe that little book that I had as a kid with pictures of various small boats in it, and one of the builders is here. Want...
Trip the Light: The problem with using foam core as the bottom is that it can absorb water[small drain holes perhaps, which I think I'll do to my...
Thanks Waterwitch. I think the rugged but versatile boat shown in the 2012 video is indeed a practical solution, even if the boat will be quite...
And for those intrigued by the MicMac Canoe .. here's a pic ... and a section through the keel and the chine, when I cut the boat up due to rotten...
Doug Halsey: "I'd love to see a photo of your 1955 Moth". OK Doug ..let me first 'try' to share something in line with the Thread title .. call...
Think about clarifying the limits such as, no of fishermen on board, weight of equipment, fish load etc, storage needs, length of boat, available...
Stumble: "My mission is to define the vessel characteristics and define the boat's capabilities" So are you now able to list these and lay out...
Off thread ...but I will see what pics I can dig up later today mike/ And for Fandango: 'Can Peter East Sardines?" I've no idea! ... but...
I think most pro-builders and designers would say that a boat is 'composite build' when 2 or more materials are used to create the structural...
Trip the Light: Quote: “The West system impregnates wood with epoxy absorbing the resin and effectively using the grain as the structure like...
Ad Hoc I think that is where we differ. Empirical is simply based on observation or other cases on 'experience' rather than any exact theory....
I personally would not call that 'an empirical formula' ....especially if we base such criteria on this physics definition. Quote "equations are...
Doug, considering the range of different foils out there now, I'd consider the lack of auto-incidence control on the big boats plus the lack of...
Well, to my mind Doug .... hitting anything hard could certainly be labelled as an 'overload', no? We all sense how enthusiastic you are about...
Just to clarify. When I mentioned to move the amas aft, I did not intend to mean, totally so. You want an offset between their buoyancy and...
