http://www.irbs.com/weather.html http://www.swelldirection.com/ A full moon is always nice, if you are sailing overnight. You no doubt know...
Hi, Lew I've been there, but not in a southerly blow. That would be my idea of a situation to avoid. After trying to beat my way north to...
Ask the manufacturer, before you buy the motor, if you haven't already. Get a long-shaft--the prop will lift out of the water when pitching in...
I'd make it a 3/4" U bolt, and equally huge stuff attached to it. Port San Louis is completely open to the south. With a really good set of...
Gonzo, where? On what page number does each rule start? As I read Gerr, he has rules for cored hulls, and for solid laminate hulls. The framing...
60 footer laminate The more framing you have, the thinner the laminate can be. I have a copy of "Boat Strength" by Dave Gerr. He uses the...
Re cores: Well, if you are using a female mold with a hull having compound curves (ie round bilged, not hard chine,) it is hard to know whether...
Steering I had Wagner Hydraulic steering inside, and a tiller outside. My system had feel. You have to consult with the manufacturers about...
Well, Kudu I have certainly seen a lot of variation. A lot of stock boats don't provide any steering inside of "raised salons." In fact, a...
www.boatus.com/goodoldboat/stability.htm by Ted Brewer will answer your stability questions. More traditonal designers use the square root of the...
http://www.boatus.com/goodoldboat/Helm_balance.htm -- Ted Brewer makes it as easy as possible.
A starboard location for the helm lets you keep a better eye out for vessels with right of way. I had a pilot house with inside steering in that...
I've posted the lines of a 70' 60,000# displacement sailboat hull in the student designer gallery. When I design a fairly light chine hull in...
You CAN drill Lexan My information must have been out of date. You can drill lexan. For more info, see the "seaworthy" thread.
Lexan Windows Apparently, my information was out of date. From www.gepolymershapes.com: (Which you have to register with to access) LEXAN...
Hard chine sailboat, 70' lwl/dwl 60,000# disp. shown with junk rig, and enlarged waterlines and section.
lines drawing of a 70' dwl/loa 60,000# disp. hard chine sailboat hull for ocean passages, designed on Prochine3
