Lug rig is favoured option for distance events with large area on small mast. Mast can be dropped for passing under the numerous bridges in the...
Boat comes up with less than 5 litres of water aboard.
Plenty of stability from 40" beam. note bow raises to keep out of trouble as speed increases without the crew moving aft. There are two laminate...
Started at the Boatshow a week ago two Violas are being built in parallel. The boat is extremely minimal to keep weight at 75lbs for the hull.
Four canoes three days in the Netherlands.
Balsa Canoe Article has moved and had information added. [IMG] How to Lightweight – Balsa Canoe strip planked 12lbs (5.5Kg)...
Howdy, I've posted a lot of information about Paulownia including using for framing for lightweight dinghies and strip. Another use is framing....
Article is now at | How to Lightweight – Balsa Canoe strip planked 12lbs (5.5Kg)...
Problem with small boats, of course, is the lack of man/personpower. It's a lot of fun to play around with smoke trails or readouts, but if you...
This probably describes the reason why older boat designs tended to be very type formed. To avoid both logarithms and problems that could not be...
There are two general approaches it seems. (I'm very interested in any experience otherwise because that would ideal). I've used both. One is...
I did like the Knud Riemers quote about what is required to be a yacht designer ... a sharp pencil and a clean white shirt. This is not...
I've used a few different ones. But mostly I use hullform which is now public domain. The observation about the deviations from the computed...
Howdy PhilSweet, How have you found the calculated errors to work out in practice. My experience is when there is significant twist in the...
Howdy, Just as an example, here are the ruling lines from the simple three panel rowboat I sell plans for. I'll use it because I have this image...
I'm using it with no issues
Weight is about 64lbs from exterior plywood - no need for expensive gaboon, but the secret, like any boat, is getting all the bits just right....
Hi Gonzo, There are two types of arbitrariness. One is what name you give to something. I declare this to be "rkfktt". For the...
Hi Tomas, Discussion itself has huge value! I'm just putting it a different way because I think the existing way is a mess. When speed...
YES .. if say semi planing is defined as an arbitrary speed range - say for a particular boat we say "semi planing" is 6 to 10 knots... what...
