Put a transom on it and it will float. But even at that it is a long way from being a good boat. You will need stiffeners -more of them than if...
As I mentioned in another thread, the Italians have had an active 10' class "diecipiedi" for many years. The great thing about their class is...
I think it will be a 'tough sell' to the boat guys. They tend to put the max diameter prop on and are extremely suspicious of reliability. I can...
This forum is distinctly "form follows function". As such I think that most here see these boats as a chance to prove out some design aspect...
Competition refines the breed. If there is no competition there is no point in any rules. If you just want company in similar sailboats -well...
Aluminum construction in that size is inferior to wood because the density of aluminum is too high. To get enough thickness in AL to not dent or...
I think that the right direction for these MYs is to go one design for most of the expensive parts to accentuate the strengths and protect...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-19/nbc-s-12-billion-olympics-bet-stumbles-thanks-to-millennials I told you so!
I would agree that both these clips are more watchable than 99% of the broadcast olympics. What both fail to do is communicate the real sport...
"There are no multi hulls in the class yet" -Thank God! The worst thing for a class in it's infancy is to divide it up into different subclasses....
Lug sails are the artsy-fartsy brothers of junk rigs in my mind. Lug On the "good" tack the sail pivots on the halyard and tension and...
All indications are that the writer is completely incompetent and following the Fox formula of strong opinions on things they don't understand....
Regarding "keeping the rig as far forward as possible" I think that you should have a model for the skipper -2/3 of the displacement and a huge...
RC, Nice job! You sure are going to a lot of trouble to make the boat look like a miniature cruising keel boat. I am wondering if you have...
Top reasons "Why... 1 -lying 2 -favorable waves. Hull speed is nothing more than a point on the speed/drag graph where the wave resistance...
Your plan is generally pretty good. I have an old laser with the mast base repaired and lots of ware at the top too. advice -Read the west...
FWIW If top speed is produced when the prop is ventilating it indicates to me that the prop pitch is too large for the boat to reach top speed...
I have also seen foot driven sculling oars -like hobie mirage drive but since you are some distance above the water the sweep can be much greater.
Well it looks like they have done it! It appears that the extra time has been used wisely to refine the product -hopefully avoiding the the...
Thanks for finding the publication and page. I would also like to say that I this is an important topic to me for human and naturally powered...
