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You will be adding almost 40 square feet of wetted surface area if you do what you propose. Performance will suffer some as a result of...
A suitable deflection equation is: Deflection for a simple beam with concentrated load at the center = (Pl^3)/(48eI) P is the load, in your...
Craig you are contemplating an enormous job that may result in a boat less capable than the one that you have. The boat in the pictures is...
If you have ambitions for crossing the Gulf Stream, then the Burroughs design is not the one to choose. Richard's designs will do the job well....
That question is similar to the ones like; how long is a string? There are 16 footers that do not go as fast as yours and there are a few that...
I can not find a reason to use the Muson design for a house boat. I can find several reasons not to do so. Complexity and cost of the hull is one...
A flat bottom skiff like boat, 48 inches LOA i5 inch chine beam, 4 inch draft, will displace roughly 50 pounds. Say ten pounds of boat and 40...
You are not familiar with the methods and practices for extracting displacement, but you believe that; "the rest I can handle". The "rest"...
Ammonia is unpleasant to work with but it does do the job of making wood bendable. Do it out doors. Maybe not tying in knots but plenty flexible...
R Watson wisely and philosophically said: "It's your time and money" He has perhaps too politely not mentioned that in addition to your time...
Donald, The respondents to your post are knowledgeable people who have given you the best advice. That friendly advice says: Do not design you...
Nemesis567, there are some things that you need to know about the boat. First of all it is, or was, a planing type boat. To perform even...
Good on you Corley. Great dads are involved with their sons and daughters in positive ways. The little boat appears to be a typical pram of one...
Starhop, you appear to be a bright young guy who has been, not surprisingly, steered way off course. If you are to attend and prosper...
Wulkie it appears that you are an experienced craftsman who is capable of building a first class dinghy. It appears that you are using a rotating...
Hoyt, you have come a long way since you built that original catamaran power boat that you brought to Lakeland, several years ago. Congrats. The...
I would favor the method that is shown on the lower of the two sketches. That is depending on getting a good bond between the separate pieces....
The hull of the boat is not likely to be the heaviest part of the structure. In modeling a battleship, you will have an impressive amount of...
Errand, a "boat" with those dimensions will be extremely sensitive to even the most subtle shift of passenger weight. The simple act of merely...
