> The faded spots, taped over, were exposed to sunlight, and the wider, still varnished > areas were protected by floor slats? That would make a...
I'm not convinced the snubbing winch would have been used for the mainsheet. Most likely jib sheet only. The bottom section I would guess is...
The only photo of the interior of a Canadian 14 in the Uffa books (and a carvel built one) *appears* to show longitudinal boards as in the drawing...
Had a bit of a look in my Uffa Fox books. Can't see any lapstrake i14s from the 30s, all look Carvel built. Floorboard arrangements are only...
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However if you add the Laser Masters Nationals turnout the Laser then comes out at the top of the list of UK adult classes. The masters,...
The UK Portsmouth Yardstick system is entirely empirical, and deliberately so. I'm not aware of much work on polar diagrams other than Bethwaite's.
Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier to have a separate tent and sleep on shore rather than sleep in the boat? Another thought might be to have...
Suggest you take a good look at John Spencer's Firebug. http://www.firebug.co.nz/ If by real bow you mean a vertical stem, and not a pram bow,...
The source is the annual reports each International Class has to make to ISAF. Because the class has to supply each boat with a registration...
And also means, getting back to the original thoughts behind the question, that the first and probably key thing for Laukejas to do to get his...
Got to love it when people are so dogmatic about what they cannot possibly know for sure. Canoe rig will be at least as sophisticated as the A...
Cue for a "lost man in balloon" joke...
It won't though. The high aspect ratio board will be lower drag at every speed providing its operating within its limits. What a low aspect ratio...
Perhaps counter intuitively, to point really high you must also go rather slowly, otherwise the apparent wind comes back too far. That's why the...
Well, if extreme doesn't mean that then there's something very badly wrong with my dictionary.
It would be interesting to know what does make sports popular to watch or not. Take the 10,000 metres track event for example. Half an hour of...
An interesting thought is that boats that gybe downwind must increase the confusion for casual spectators. Its fairly easy to explain why boats...
It was interesting when they did the London Olympics cycling on roads I know pretty well. It was obvious the commentators kept getting lost. There...
Or failing that someone standing on the end of a pier or pontoon while you sail down to it then away. Even still pics would be better than...
