Frog afloat in shallow water; hope to have the D mast finished this week.
Egomania and imbalanced thread pollution perhaps?
Shifted Frog with help from Eric Eason. Frog appears to overload the poor car but actually the amphibian's main hull weighs only 56kgs; so the two...
It's a clever, double boom variation of the ancient sprit and the "diamonds" and booms spreader, keep the position stable. Well, that's how I see it.
Cycling is not all sensible Saturday morning with a shopping basket on the front forks; there is some excitement if you want to freewheel downhill...
Happened some months ago in horrible wind and seas. The bay is Cox's west of the bridge on south side of harbour. Poor Groucho and mast haven't...
You probably are right, Luff tension, but foolishly I/we still forge ahead. The lightweight sail material that Bill has in stock is very exotic...
You can't communicate with people too unintelligent to sail. And Fox, well, they're geared to not the brightest? But the commentating at Rio...
Yes, just chopped off at the central I beam position and the two tracks attached each side. I've tapered the above hounds mast areas. athwartships...
Have been ordered to shift THAT boat out of the backyard. So cruel, so selfish - meaning her, not me. I mean the only time "she who must be...
You can go back to late 19th and early 20th Century aircraft/glider wings, same principle, airfoil shaped leading edge followed by doped canvas...
It is an A Class rig but have no other information. Lot of stuff here: http://www.scoop.it/t/soft-wing-sails Some more images:
Thanks Red. And here's another interesting design.
Yes, very much my thoughts except I was thinking of a peg through slots in the clews, simple stuff. Bill's cam would probably create a cleaner...
Sailmaker Bill Barry has foolishly become interested with the double luff wing rig I'm thinking about for Frog - and here's his sketch, which...
I'm mentally dicking around with a deck sweeping main on Frog. Which is a double sided main only, poor mans' solid wing rig, no jib (just an...
Very interesting. Neat looking cat. The double rig also. I tried a similar double rig setup on Misguided Angel but had trouble with leech falloff....
Found a shot of 20 year old Groucho and couple of years old Sid moored at Cox's; interesting comparison? Another shot of Frog - ready to be...
La grenouille.
The beam on main hull is at the halfway mark, 3.25m and then rakes forward so the foils are positioned maybe 250mm or so forward of central...
