So, it all started in this thread . Basic idea was to convert Tornado catamaran into trimaran. Although idea is still very interesting, but...
well my estimations are that weight would increase by 5-10 kg, so nothing close to doubling weight
So, tornado trimaran conversion is still in idea stage, simply amount of man hours needed is not available at the moment. Although we are...
ukhalsey - a realy respected sailmaker states this abut full lenght battens And this is their sugestion about racing mainsails. Sailed...
We have about 8-10 of these in Lithuania. As I know they were made in 3 versions: Racer Racer/cruiser with same rig as racer but diferent deck...
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I did a sketch. I used A trinardo delft ship file, so you can see a lot of similarities, but basic concept has changed. Main hull became narrower...
My goal is not to make it faster. I want to keep it as fast as tornado is, but gain more stability and safety. At the moment it looks like that...
I am thinking about arc'ed beams, or some kind of spacer between Tornado hull and the beam. Price and weight will guide me. My Idea is to...
I did some calculations. Tornado's standart (design) weight is 170kg, Crew weight is 75x2, so single tornado hull's sailing buoyancy is 320 kg. I...
I have a clasic Tornado catamaran with GRP hulls. Because we do not have serious Tornado racing we are sailing it for fun. As the sailing season...
At the moment I am waiting for new boat and as you know from the topic title it will be dehler 36 sq. So what do you think about this boat? Has...
Yes I am interested ;) As I said in my first post any information about this boat is interesting for me
[IMG] what do you think? is it reality or just designers dream? I think the foils should be huge to suport this much of carbon fiber. And is it...
I understand this thing about dinghies, thats why I started talking about changing the shape of the boat
I am reading F.Bethwaites book, and I was thinkinga about that the ultimate sailing boat should look like. I know that it is unreal to create...
shape of the boat doeasn't change in these situations
Has anybody been trying to design boat wich could change its shape. I am tolking about aft part of the boat. transom, could be made fuller then...
It may be matter of taste, but Your design isn't beautifull for me
two days agoI was test sailing a sailboat with new keel and ruder. Everything looked nice at the beggining, boat was very sencitive to ruder...
