CP, your plans and mine are similar. We are also planning on building a boat for retirement. While I agree in so many ways with all those sensible...
Any drawings you can post? This sounds interesting.
I know this is way outside the price range. I'm giving this example to show that if you leave the "everybody knows" realm and explore the...
Oh come on. We all know that the dominant factor of performance is power and resistance. The resistance side of the equation is dominated by...
The new record setting mini is just starting to approach the shape of a scow or a windsurfer. The days of the delta shape planform are over (wide...
Parametric studies of displacement vessels do indicate a clear advantage to having the beam just about midships. Fashion based design indicates a...
Maybe just try those Rainer windows or, apparently better and far cheaper, plexiglass instead of eisenglass. Lots of canvas shops can do that for...
We have looked at several similar boats (Taiwanese trawlers) and been disappointed in the fact that so much of the encapsulated wood in the decks,...
Would love to watch this concept evolve!
Thanks Tad for these data points!
Par, production tooling is VERY expensive. In today's economy, probably a bad idea for just about any boat project. There are so many bankrupt...
My memory might be failing me, but I think Bieker told me that 40 was expected to cost something like $150K in foam&glass.
Tad, you are a designer, so I'll bet you have seen far more bid packages than I have. However, those I have seen are $15 to $30 per pound for a...
Chuck, as you are finding, a custom boat is the way to do it. Have Bieker send the bid package to Dennis Choate at Dencho. You may well be...
All builders I talked to directly contridicted Gonzo and CMS. This is not to say that they are wrong, but every single builder told me that shape...
I got prices from some mold builders for a similar sized boat. For a mold that is good for building that many copies, the price is in the million...
Sounds like you did the right thing for those speeds.
On such a small structure, you probably want to just do it the easy way: glass and foam. You can skip beer for a weekend and save more weight than...
Cost is virtually independent of shape and structure. It is a function almost entirely of the complexity of the systems.
You need to do a trade study. Google is your friend on how to do a trade study.
