I've made a model airboat which is designed to lift the bow from the water on a foil at high speed, and plane on what remains of the flat bottom...
Not sure where to post this as it's speedsailing, but all boats featured are multis; moderator may wish to move somewhere else. Features Crossbow...
This might be best in the Powerboat forum, not sure. I found a Youtube video of an EVOY electric RIB which appears to be in a Scandinavian country...
All those jokes about "you'll need a really long lead" are behind the times, here is a ferry connected to land based power by a long (350 metre)...
I've been able to test (and enjoy) my boat and have some useful data. The boat is the 14ft skin-on-teak boat in my gallery and the O/B is...
Small container ship on Dutch inland waterways now being powered by swappable batteries in 20ft. containers: Zero-emission freight ship uses...
I may have posted this before and forgotten about it... Video shows a fly through of the shipping gallery at the science museum, London, with...
I'm just daydreaming here, not planning to build anything yet. A question for paddlers; is it possible to paddle for hours over one side of a...
Attached are some copies of images taken at Weymouth UK speed week in the late 1980's which give an impression of the technology of the time. I...
Does anyone else feel uncomfortable about the uncaring way in which toy and vintage model boats are presented on ebay? Ok, I know, this couldn't...
This will be some insurance claim: Cruise ship ploughs into Venice harbour...
This experiment was inspired by a post on this forum which I cannot find now; it was a model made to test a stretchy covering and was vaguely...
I finished this two years ago but would like to show it off on boatdesign.net. Own design, rowing and electric outboard powered, skin on frame...
I've been attempting to evaluate the use of solar charging on my electric/rowing skiff to make it independent of shore supply. The pictures show...
It seems so hard to post pics these days but here is my folding canoe from 25 years ago: [ATTACH] Is it possible to reduce size of image before...
Can anyone shed some light on this? Did UK and others really call for up 100% reduction in shipping emissions? Even if solar panels were 100%...
How do I post images from my computer with this new layout? It seems that I now require the image URL; how do I find that please?
Here is a YT video promoting a flapping foil propulsion system. I thought it was just computer graphics, but near the end you can see it installed...
There was a post recently about the possibility of a solar powered cargo boat (which I can't find at the moment) but it lead me to this question:...
As I badgered the moderator to add an electric propulsion sub-section I probably should post something, so here is my brushless outboard motor....