Average people don't sail these boats. TC
Well considering the 24 hour record in a monohull is set in a canter, I would think that there is some certain advantage to having a canting keel....
I fixed the forward waterlines like you said, I agree that the hollows definitely were not right with this. I altered it to a straight entry, if...
Basic Dimensions: Length: 14 ft Beam: 4.2 ft Designed hull weight: 110-120 lbs Volume Displaced(with singlehanded crew of 200 lbs): 4.99...
High Performance Homebuild I was messing around with some ideas for a possible senior project for next year, and I decided to get on with doing a...
Finally got the hydrostatics working... LOD-27.4m LOA(Including Sprit)- 32.2 Beam-5 m Draft- 6.5 m Displacement- 22.9 tonnes J-10.6 m...
One last one.... [IMG]
I decided to mess around with a design for a little bit and the following attachment(s) is what I came up with. I would list all the hydrostatics...
Has anyone here yet tried to take a stab at the rule to get a general idea of what the boats will look like? I have already come up with a hull,...
Hey Steve, so you're looking at a T-Foil for this season? Nice!! For the mold, I could come up with the design of the rudder and t-foil, and for a...
Well, a little over a year ago I posted a thread about my first design using a computer program and my first "realistic" design. Well, today I got...
Hey Luke, I live in Easton which is about 20 minutes outside of Bethel. Some good dinghy clubs on LIS are Cedar Point Yacht Club, which is in...
champagne?
Can't an 18 go faster than a Moth?
Right now I am reinforcing the lateral flex of the boat. I am installing beams on the boat the will shape the deck. For the deck I am doing a 4 oz...
Epoxy...I am putting in balsa supports right now, and so far I think it will work pretty well.
I popped the hull off the plug today and I did 2 layers of 6 oz. glass and it seems pretty flimsy. Would balsa supports make the hull stiff...
I think there are more boats out there than the Moth that can be extremely thrilling but can be had for not a large sum of money (in relation to...
Doug, both ideas are great, and kids would absolutely love something like that. Problem is keeping price down to the point where families can...
CT249 and Chris: Luckily I am in one of the few areas that has somewhat high-performance sailing in the US. On the weekends I sail out of a club...
