I'm want to minimize the keel in a shoal design. Can I want to leverage the use of a forefoot, get by with a little less keel. Increasing the...
Release a cansiter of obnoxious gas, such as mercaptan in the cabin. Activate a circuit connecting a 12 volt fence charger to the helm. Activate...
Construction Techiques On a Bolger list, someone suggested building the bemini for a saling vessel based on a modified version of Bolger's...
Considering two designs with all else being equal (if that is possible) a monohull with a deeper forefoot will sail closer to the wind?
Thanks Tad Thanks for your response. I did look at the Plas Trend advertised in yachtworld. It was in very bad condition. Not a serious...
Anyone with experience on the Plastrend PT40? Does anyone have information about the designer Bob Direktor? I believe he is the designer of the...
Novel use of step to create a foil. As Lorsail, my interest in the step is in sailing vessels. I have an idea for a stepped hull in an...
Skiff vs. Dingy Just from watching TV, I got the impression that a skiff and dingy could come in various sizes and shapes, but a dingy was...
bear country No offens here, but this sounds like a strange comment to me. I guess the USA is still a gun culture even though many want to...
Benefit of Composite A composit gives you much more strength for the weight of the material. If you have a 1" layer of core glued between...
Pontoon boats We used these barrle based pontoon boats a lot when I was a kid. They will work fine. The barrels do rust, but it takes a long...
Clean expoxy layup. I don't like doing fiberglass layups for several reasons. I find that the vacuum resin infussion technique reduces many of...
I would make the prototype as "flimsy" as reasonably possible and then go and abuse it badly. That way you have the least amount of materials into...
I am not a lawyer but I have many years experience with intellectual property and attorneys. Caldera has a sound basis for what he is saying....
