Hi! How can a Naca and Wortmann-profile be combined? I found an article on the site below. It is in Swedish so I will try to translate (but first...
Translation of my earlier post regarding Norlin's Agnes at SORC '76. "We did the A-line: Accent, Amoress Agnes, Aida (boosters comment) with a...
Hi! Boatnames like Voodoo of the Irwin-design are really cool. Bergström-Ridder designed an R6 with the same name, which won the the World...
Fram X Paul B et al! The boat I was referring to in my previous post is the Farr Design #185 which was designed for HRH Crown Prince Harald and...
Whiting's Bus Kotzebue, CRM, Paul B, Gary B et al Thanks Kotzebue for your analysis of the Whiting Taxi. CRM, nice snaps again, lot of mast-rake...
Thanks Gary B! I will contact Murray Ross and see what happens. I will ask him about the prop that was installed in front of the keel of...
Whiting's Taxi Kotzebue! I agree, but can you explain why the bow is lower than the stern? With a small fore-triangle, small spinnakers you do...
Hi again Gary B! The more I study the aft girth stations of IOR the less I understand why Whiting made "Newspaper Taxi" like that. Regards, Booster
Gary B and Steve W! Yes, nice looking. Gary, regarding Newspaper Taxi, was it the small fore-triangel and big mainsail that allowed Whiting to...
Trapez and Newspaper Taxi Hi! Gary, it looks a little Trapez by Paul Elvsröm. By the way, in your book "The light Brigade" the Whiting design...
CRM! Nice snaps! Assembly is really a bauty. Yes, the aft run of Sachem looks like the one-tonner Bruce Farr designed to Crown-prince Harald of...
Ad hoc et al! Yes, good engineering knowledge is a must. Regrading Castro's Justine: www.freebase.com/view/en/tony_castro "Tony Castro, is...
Gary B, CRM, Paul B et al! Yes, please upload them CRM. The green plastic headsail of Pendragon got the knickname "the garbage bag". Look at some...
Reverse rocker Hi! Yes, reverse sheer is sometimes beautiful. However, it takes a lot of design-effort to make it beautiful. The ultimate goal...
Yes, the Sachem looks nice. Chance Jr. must have got some inspiration from his father's Olympic champion 5.5 Complex III, designed by Arvid...
Fredrik Ljungström, 1875 - 1964 Hi! Yes, Tanton several designers have done the sheer and shall not be forgotten. Regards, Booster [ATTACH]...
Ad Hoc et al! Yes, absence of radii in the CAD makes use hot-spot stresses even more important. Sometimes one finds engineer rookies using the...
Ljungström The reversed sheer by Ljungström shall not be forgotten. His innovative rig is interesting as well. Regards, Booster
adaptive meshing MikeJohns and Ad Hoc! Yes, matrix aging is difficult to take into account. Mesh-density dependence is avoided by adaptive...
CRM! Sad stories about Warrior and Outragous. What happened to Chocolate Chips? Regards, Booster