I think there is an ISO working group reasearching the issue--The reasearch must be exhausting! The real problem is establishing the g's to...
Volume, and some degree length is the issue. You will need about 83 liters of volume MINIMUM for a fun bump-n-jump board. The problem is even if...
Find the geometric centroid of the surface created by the 4 corners and measure normal to the surface. make a plane thru the mid point, and the...
Schooner Creek Boatworks is in Portland.
Just visualize stream lines passing over the fin and the hull when the fin canted to be in close proximity of the hull. It makes some sense when...
I think that one reason for the dimple of the JaunK canting keel boats is because the keels cant to 55degrees and the fin gets very close to the...
Check out DynaCam and Axial Vector Engine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1LrmLHOUpg...
I agree totally Sabahcat. Using WRC for the 0degree strength and the glass Uni for other off axis strength (90 and or +-45 ect... as nesc.)...
"I'll repeat, with 'glass cloth you need bulk for strength and there's no strength with a 6 ounce cloth skin." You need bulk for stiffness, not...
"I also wanted a boat that could be sailed short-handed with a deck layout incorporating many non-standard adjustments." Quote from RC So...
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