A degree in engineering should be enough background for you to design a simple skiff. Messabout has introduced you to the sort of calculations...
A developed panel must be a section of a cone or cylinder with not necessarily a round cross-section. Therefore, you can define one edge of this...
We all are occasionally urged to do more faster on the job. (like today) What stops me is the concept of professionalism. I work in a strictly...
Talk to your nearest naval architecture school and tell them of your ambitions. Ask them where do their graduates go, what jobs are available,...
I don't know anything about a hobby lumber store in Longmont; please check it out and let us know. C&O Lumber in Colo. Springs has fir marine...
EStaggs: I think I read your entire blog sometime ago. My wife and I found the Spokane area attractive, with a lot more water than Colorado, so I...
I tried to post these photos earlier today, but apparently it didn't happen.
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but with a three-week gap between posting and response, I had stopped monitoring the thread. Your replies were spot...
A few months ago I posted on a hull design method I use with a sample hull design as an example. Now I am converting that design exercise into a...
I tried designing a boat like you describe; I wasn't successful. To row you need about 40" beam; to paddle you need a narrow beam and tumblehome...
Plywood prices and sources I have been pricing some plywood sources. Appears that the reasonable choices are meranti (luan) and okoume (gaboon);...
Peter, All I said was that she seemed incredibly nice, as in nice person. I knew that she was married with a small child. But she went way past...
Check with the manufacturer of the outboard you plan to use. I just checked on a Yamaha outboard and was given a installation diagram which shows...
Very neat, you will be immortalized. Naomi seemed incredibly nice on the telephone; was that your impression?
Thanks to whoever, I had given Naomi all the leads I could think of (some from here), and I talked to her today, and she says that they have a...
Who wants to be in a movie? Just talked to a young lady who represents a movie production company here in Colorado. Her company is finishing a...
One detail explained (Copied) A technique to create perfect curves is simply to decide how much total offset you desire, say B, and over what...
"What most builders want to know is "Is it a developable surface? And if it is, can you give me accurate sections for a form or accurate...
Thank you all for getting me out of my time capsule and up to date. I did a college engineering research project (early 70's) on hull design....
I had a batch of steel plates laser cut to join the exposed beams in our home, but those were easy shapes requiring only simple drawings. To...
