If you are burying your bowsprit in solid water, you are probably shipping green water on your decks as well. If that is the case, the sprit may...
Moving the mast from its original position is not something you can do easily and quickly, as it would require several other modifications. If the...
Brent, i am intrigued by your statement that the buoyancy in the wheelhouse drastically improves the boats ultimate stability. For the...
Also, for the same amount of sail area, you need a shorter mast. Weight saving where it counts most.
May also search Hoek designs.
Re planking this boat entirely is a daunting process to say the least. Would sheating her outside with glass and epoxy be a solution? Or is the...
In the picture on the left, there seems to be no wake at all. As if she is standing still. Is this typical for such a hull form, Does it tell...
My suggestion is to do away with the mainsail. Get a decent genoa as large as you can fit to your rig, and go sailing with that in moderate to...
Sorry to hear that. May be you would like to share with us, what kind of problems arose, so that we can learn more about weak spots of a boat....
I would love to be standing behind that wraparound window, as the yacht plunges into a 5 metre wave at 15 knots! This must be the definition of...
I am afraid it is not a 3-D rendering, but a picture taken from the actual boat. I came across it from www.yachtforums.com front page,today,...
If that is the case, what a pity... For me, hand steering a boat (any boat at that) is not a necessity but a major part of the joy of owning and...
I must confess fırst that i never owned or steered a motor yacht like the one shown here. It is a Cheoy Lee 68, but only here as an example, as...
Here is Pani. Guess still sailing.
Dear ''Guest'', Somebody of your calibre, who can identify a piece of equipment with such little info, and without even a photo, in my opinion...
You can try using a sail area calculator. There are i am sure several ones on the web. But the one i remember using some time ago was something...
All valid points CT, but worth exploring. The floorboards would be positioned higher than normal, to drain water off the open transom without...
You mean Roach?
Lookig at the way, race boats evolved, many many years ago i had envisaged that one day, pure raceboats would be nothing but giant open dinghys....
Seriously though, what is the reason for steel corroding in encapsulated lead? Is it due to play inside the lead,near the bolts, and moisture...
