I am looking to build a 4.3m (14ft) sailing boat of moderately high performance. It will be sailed mostly on lakes, with the occasional outing on...
First off, apologies. This question will be a bit unclear because I'm not at the right computer at the moment so don't have access to Freeship or...
Hello, What is the Young's Modulus of a carbon fibre/epoxy composite as used in masts (racing dinghies if that makes a difference). I've been...
Is headsail luff sag a bad thing, per se? Obviously if the sail has been cut with a straight luff intended any sag will spoil the shape, but why...
Hello, The stress and deflection of an unstayed uniform-section mast (like a Laser) can be found by using simple engineers bending theory for a...
For displacement vessels hull speed is usually given as: p * LWL^0.5 where traditonally p = 1.34 has been used as it matches the bow wave...
I have been reading through some old threads and in the middle of one on I14/moth design was an interesting discussion on 'humpless' transition...
Hello, I have only recently discovered this superb forum (having upgraded to a broadband connection I can surf for longer!) so forgive me if I...
