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  1. John Rivers

    Small gearbox

    You can build a generator enclosure t[ quiet them, but also adding a quality quiet muffler, or even two mufflers helps.
  2. John Rivers

    What Characteristics Define a Rudder ?

    That too, but also for accountability if the boat is abandoned. Especially so for motored vehicles as they can pollute the water.
  3. John Rivers

    Complex bowsprits on reversed bows

    Scholars have suggested that the rowers from those days were not slaves. My intention was simply looking at ideas of bows, not to make a rowboat.
  4. John Rivers

    Multihull Structure Thoughts

    Man, how that cat still capsized even with warps out is scary.
  5. John Rivers

    One off fiberglass non mold resources

    Not really sure of what the modus ponens of your argument is. Are you claiming that drawing a boat hull with a pencil is more structurally sound than drawing it in 3dboatdesign software?
  6. John Rivers

    One off fiberglass non mold resources

    Alternatively, can you find a single case of hull design software causing a failure to the hull in its recommended operating scenarios?
  7. John Rivers

    One off fiberglass non mold resources

    Boat design 3d had made 195,000 boats as of 2019. I see no evidence of design software being the cause of any ship fail. Unchecked fatigue, operating in unintended environments, and overloading beyond the ships specifications are the leading cause of ship failure. Aside from pilot error...
  8. John Rivers

    Are there warps or drogues that prevent pitchpoling

    Secondly, I don't have a half a million to buy a new boat. Thanks for your input, I think....
  9. John Rivers

    Are there warps or drogues that prevent pitchpoling

    Racing multihulls pitchpole capsize all the time. When having a shaper bow, pitchpoling becomes more possible. I don't think it's old school thinking at all and in fact I think it's the exact opposite of old school thinking. A hydrofoil drogue that can prevent sway and dive on large swell...
  10. John Rivers

    A Houseboat that Sails?

    There is a guy on YouTube that made a solar powered house boat from an abandoned 40'cat for about 45k. He's also pretty much trapped to a specific area in Canada. He claims he's going to make it sailable but he's been working on this thing for like 5 years. My buddy took an old Hatteras styled...
  11. John Rivers

    Are there warps or drogues that prevent pitchpoling

    I search things alot and it seems for sailboating, things are very hard to find. How do warps and drogues, fair on trimarans and their specifications requirements. I'm more interested in modified warps. Are there warps that you can use while sailing downwind to prevent pitchpoling, that tug at...
  12. John Rivers

    Multihull Structure Thoughts

    Thanks for the mylar. I searched it for an hour and there were no sources on what transparent sails were made of. Looks like it has a short stretching life.
  13. John Rivers

    A Houseboat that Sails?

    Could probably make something decent with a trilo and a junk rig but it's not gonna be as much interior room as a houseboat. Going too high is going to be really uncomfortable sway and possibly capsizing in 50+ mph winds.
  14. John Rivers

    One off fiberglass non mold resources

    I studied theoretical physics for 13 years, including aero, hydro and magneto hydrodynamics. Design, and functionality is not my issue. Technical manufacturing details and materials are my main areas of inquiry.
  15. John Rivers

    One off fiberglass non mold resources

    Yes I also use a rough shape from a previous design. I don't intend that things that do stuff for me is always good. 3dboatdesign has done over 250,000 boats. None of which have failed. With machine learning, designs can be further optimized, which is what I am going into with regenerative...
  16. John Rivers

    Multihull Structure Thoughts

    Oh. Hehe. I guess the photos made it look different.
  17. John Rivers

    X-Bow on small craft

    This 3d printed hull is something of an x bow on the side that dampens wake and waves hitting the side of the boat.
  18. John Rivers

    Multihull Structure Thoughts

    Where do you get one of them transparent blue sails?!?! What is that, vinyl? And what's up with that trampoline, is it also transparent green?
  19. John Rivers

    Fiberglass overlap bumps

    As far as non epoxy surfboards you can sand down dark boards and see more cracking than on light colored boards. Epoxy seems to hold up fine on surfboards even with dark colors, but are often treated with a uv protectant coat.
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