Note that the massinertia is proportional to the square of the lever arm (times the mass). Any pitch (roll or yaw) thus is strongly depending of...
good thinking Good thinking! He he, interesting to see the high-tech "cane toads" involved. Regards, Booster
laurin-chance-davidson Well Boston, Some whining here, he he. Arvid Laurin of Sweden designed the 5.5 Olympic champion Complex II for Britton...
Hi! Well, the boats designed by van Oosanen wasn't that fast. I believe Ben Lexcen adopted the best parts of the Holland findings to his own...
Hi! Congrat's to BMW Oracle. Race two was thrilling all the way to the first mark. Interesting matchracing at that speed. The port boat must be...
Boston & Zed! The discussion is entering the canting-keel zone. Indoor America's cup he he, perhaps a Truman show variant. Remember Jim Carrey...
Hi! Is it really that bad? Let's wait and see. Something good might come out of this. At least the structural analysts has been kept busy on...
Timoniere, Gary B and Paul B! Yes, nice boats indeed. Aesthetic guy that Laurie Davidson. Regards, Booster
QT Psyco again Gary B et al! I have got in contact with Peter Ståhle the dsgner of QT Psyco, 8m long and 4 m wide. The boat had 3 steering...
Quarter-tonner Psyco Gary B et al! Via Peter Norlin I got in contact with Håkan Lindqvist. Lindqvist was co-designer of Robber with Peter...
Eric et al! Mach I, my brother Carl got in contact with him some years ago. Yes, Tony was living in the south of France and was busy...
Salkbj&Bullitman et al! The Jez's designs look nice. Especially, the canoe-body as you say, salkbj. The comparatively high freeboards resembles...
Salkbj! The Jezequel designs had long aft overangs, similar to Bullit. But didn't match Bullit downwind in windy conditions. This was the only...
Salkbj et al! In San Remo -79 QT I sailed the only mast-head boat Butterfly by Norlin. Choppy seas and wind about 10 knots did not suit this boat...
Timoniere et al! Yes, Butterfly was increadibly fast upwind in 15 knots and long waves. No pitch at all. She was very fast downwind in light...
Norlin Salkbj, Timoniere et al! Nice to see you have an article from -79 QT in progress, salkbj. My brother Carl has found an article from -77...
Timoniere! So your father bought an Impensable. If i remeber correctly it won the HT in -73 in france. The Scampi V with Norlin was 3rd, but...
Timoniere! I will try to digitalize some photos of QT Butterfly. Regarding the attachment 33677 it was found to be a Bergström-Ridder design...
Timoniere! The Norlin centerboarder QT Butterfly was similar in concept as the Chance Jr designs Resolute Salmon and True North.Fuller in the...
Timoniere! Nice to hear from an Italian. Lill-Scampi (Little-Scampi) QT version of Scampi, some developments included a lighter version with...
