Fancy that - I purchased a Skate model trimaran on-line from the US about a month ago. I have no intention to take up model boating as a longer...
I have never been a great reader of sailing books and hardly read from paper at all these days, but I did pick up the book 'Low Resistance Boats'...
Yes, you can specify a minimum distance between parts and also a margin between parts and the edge of the uncut sheet, but for the quick tryout...
Hi, I have just done a quick test with your software, inputing a few dxf files that I had previously produced for plywood parts for a small home...
I don't want to make too big an issue of this Doug, but I did design, build and sail a hydrofoil sailing dinghy with just two foils one ahead of...
Hi sbirddog Good to see someone else designing their own row boat. Listen to the experts but dont let them stop you! Looking at your dxf file I...
Some good advice in the replies I think, but no one has mentioned the obvious option to simply draw your own plans, either with paper and pencil...
The wishbone boom, actually a half wishbone I think, is a nice idea and one that I used on a much smaller boat many years ago. Catsketcher...
Have you considered the Farrier F22? - It has a reasonably large cabin for the size of boat and it is in batch production so might be a good...
Probably me, but I dont quite understand that bit. Presumably the two mainsheet tackles that both pull on the boom are called vangs? If that is...
does seem a pity to have a 72" traveller then cut it down to 28". Looks straightforward to mount it onto the side decks. Is it too late to cut...
From your first post it would seem that you have Solidworks available so why not just use that for the whole of the design work rather than...
Re. drum rudder, if I were making it I think I would prefer to just have a round hole in the bottom of the boat and to make the axis of the drum...
That gap is horrible for various reasons. If you dont want to cut away the beam where it meets the bouyancy tank surely you can make a notch in...
I am not sure whether this is addressed to me or Sharpii, but I would say just cut away that curved beam where it interferes with the side tank....
At risk of excessivly prolonging this discussion, I think Sharpii is right about overlaping the ply of the fordeck and the side deck. The reason,...
Thanks. I tend to think that asking a draughtsman what drawing software he is using is a bit like saying to an author "I liked your last book,...
I find this interesting, particularly since about 3 years ago I got some way into drawing a cruising catamaran which shares many features with...
From the structural point of view the most important property for the plywood is probably the panel stiffness, although it is not the only thing...
Well, maybe five minutes or so. I have been doodling with computers for decades, not for work but as a nerdy sort of hobby, so I have probably...
