Check out the NZ Ross 780, Elliott 780 etc for inspiration - old designs now but still excellent cruiser/racers. The Int 14s have T foils for...
There wasn't any "daysailers" in the fleet under the common definition. One of the two boats that lost the most crew was Ariadne, a conventional...
Beneteau Oceanis' and Macgregor powersailers are also often respected by their owners. A lot of respect for a boat can surely come when people...
Arguably, of course, it's very good sense to sacrifice some aspect of performance in order to increase accomodation. After all, what proportion of...
I've seen comments somewhere that claim that Francis' opposition to GRP has become exaggerated by legend. I've read most of the letters between...
Yes, WP Stephens wrote about John's ability to see a hull's lines (and "see" is John's term) by feeling it from the inside.
I've sailed maxis and racing 60s and 50s a bit, and even at those sizes there's still feedback on the loads from those on the winches or the...
Everyone who has sailed well downwind knows that. It does not mean that the boats are as bad as you claim they are. Every boat has a series of...
So that boat, which looks quite unremarkable, is over 25% faster than the maxis designed in its time like Ticeronderoga? It's 25% faster than the...
Je, may I ask why you say that sails should fail before lines? Lines are far cheaper and easier to replace, and a blown-out sail can cause windage...
I know it's an old thread but I have a PE RIB; a Walker Bay Genesis. It's not heavy nor particularly flexy, but it does have excellent abrasion...
Plenty of small sailboats and windsurfers have been made from polyethylene. [IMG] [IMG] There's been literally hundreds of thousands of PE...
In an earlier thread, about his planned hydrofoiling sailing submarine (!) this guy also said "Most (small) boats are weak and flimsy; crews need...
No, my hair is not dyed anything, nor am I virtue signalling. I am not projecting anything into my comments. You have repeatedly maligned the...
We've got a wishbone cat in the family. The boom is comparatively light and works well. There have been years of actual on-water experience in...
Read your own posts. You have insulted just about every single designer and builder in the world, by stating that you are "yet to see any boat...
Yes, you are missing almost everything in your complete lack of experience. You basically know nothing if you have not been out there a...
So you insult other people for being weak and yet can't even get over a silly phobia of an extraordinary safe form of travel? Your problem is not...
You should stop being so insulting about factors that are caused by physics, especially when it appears you have not got the slightest experience...
My apologies, I read that completely incorrectly.
