The 10 ft scow I'm building will have a yoke on the rudder rather than a tiller. This is because I will be sitting far from the rudder and facing...
No. Not yet. I'm only about 65% sure this will work. If it doesn't, I may just mount the 'board on the starboard side on a pivot axel with lotsa...
The oil-canning you're experiencing is due to point loads on the hull due to the way the hull is being supported. Once the boat is in the water,...
It is kinda ironic. In the past, the 'guppy belly' was used to shorten the LWL. Now it's being used to lengthen it (while deepening the hull...
OK. See the two attachments. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The first shows the 'hook' design. As I hope you can see, the hook will only hold with...
IIRC, Bolger designed this boat for a client. I wish I could remember the client's SOR, but I think it was to have a boat that could be sailed in...
Here's the sketches. I hope you can see that on a starboard tack the center of hull drag and the center of board drag line up with the center of...
Yep. Imagine looking at it from a top view. In the last days of sail, these were often made of iron. So, they were literally giant staples.
RBB I think there are a few things you need to consider before you even start doing the designing. I'll put them I lettered categories. A.) Use...
Good questions. A 'staple' is a board or rod that goes across the outside of the board to hold it against the hull. This is so the board will...
Some pretty good questions. One of my design goals was to make the boat, including the board and rudder, out of 3 sheets of plywood. I know this...
For my money, I would go with the full keel and attached rudder. This is far from the most efficient underbody, but it would be far less likely to...
I have thought about this competition. My methodology would be quite unconventional. The main goal is to make sure it makes it across. One...
I have considered the idea. My solution was to attach the sail to the mast in the convenentional way, with hanks, then have segmented sock panel,...
Yep. Looks like I forgot to mention that my 10 ft scow will also have a offset mast. It will be stepped in the starboard side deck. I chose this...
I see two decent choices that don't run away with expensive complexity. 1.) a sprit peak sail with a tri-stay arrangement. The stays can lead to...
Probably not. What would likely work better is having just one 'board, and having it on the starboard side. This is because the board produces...
The disadvantages are: 1.) The Center of Area (CA) of the sail rises as the boat heels on a starboard tack (it sinks on a port one). This is...
It would probably cost more than $20k to build that boat, even without using first rate materials. I suppose, if I were interested in owning a...
I remember that, during the time of the 12s, the AC was much more spoken about in ordinary conversations, even by those who weren't really into...
