Interesting posts Brian, but did you miss the part where I said "But then again correct engineering to begin with would have prevented the issue."
PET foam https://www.corelitecomposites.com/files/CoreLite%20PET%20Data%20Sheet.pdf Vs PVC foam...
I have mentioned the aft mast polycore boat plenty of times as evidence of its lack of stiffness. I have been on the boat and the owner is a nice...
Groper, you may only have earned $10 an hour on your boat project. You could have been out earning $70 as an electrician and have an extra 200K...
Serge Testa sawed the handles off his razors so they would fit on board when he sailed around the world on the worlds smallest boat to...
Don't forget to saw the handles off your razors.
The issue with using torque for a benchmark is that torque has no relevance in regards to time/speed. Motors are ALL about speed. They move...
A boating magazine did a test of small outboards gas vs electric. The gas motors destroyed the electric in performance. The claims were totally...
We are talking about unscrupulous vendors. look at some of the sales material!
What do you mean? Say an electric motor is advertised at 2kw, but its power at the shaft is only 1kw due to power label only measuring input...
Hi thanks for the post. Im no stranger to turbocharging. I did my own project 6 cyl street drag car. I dove it everyday to work etc and it...
The turbo watercooling is a non issue as its fed by a small hose from the coolant water.
Its going to be hard to make that look good.
I also thought it looked very Shuttleworth. I am a fan of his designs. The sloping decks look cool but I wonder about the safety and...
No I am using it in a standard way which is used for handicap racing. Faster to me means an average over the intended sailing conditions. Say...
IMO the whole point to the CS hull was the flat run aft to combat squat. I don't think the chine up higher had much to do with the shape.
I like it. Its your best yet IMO. Your underwater hull shape is a little like what I was trying to explain I have seen on Graingers. I could...
The location of the rig will make pretty much zero aerodynamic difference to that unless there is a reasonable rig angle (due to design or heel)....
This is the part I have tried to get weight to windward proa advocates to assess in technical terms because it is simply an incorrect blanket...
Can you please link the article? It does not seem to make sense to me. If you make the displacement lower and the length stays the same the...
