Here is a thought on the canard arrangement to give greater stiffness of heave response that relies on the fact that when foiling, the boat will...
Just a thought or two on foil sections - I agree with Wardi that a symmetrical section is going to turn out to have some advantages, especially at...
COmparison Time now for lies, damn lies and statistics... I spent a bit of time looking at some of the higher performance boats around in terms...
Doug, As a concept it sounds good, but it raises afew questions in my mind: With the present moths, what is the span of the main lifting...
First a statement - I know absolutely nothing about foiling or foilers so expect some stupid statements. However, I may be representative of many...
I'm not sure it would make the discussions irrelevant, but certainly it might move things in a different direction. To my way of thinking, if...
Phil, That's a pretty good indication of the Moth strengths... By the way, in those sort of winds are the Moths fully powered up on the...
Displacement wise I reckon you need to be closer to 230Kg - allowing 75Kg for each crew member, minimum hull weight of 74.25Kg plus all ropes,...
If you look back a few pages to some graphs I posted from Michlet, they suggest the longer boat would be faster even with the same size rig in...
I looked at the hydrofoil rule - "Only one hydrofoil in contact with the water and configured such that it can develop a vertical dynamic lift...
The Australian Cherub rules require a chine - the I14 rules don't. The rules at this section are... Rule 3 Shape and Depth of section 2134mm...
Silly Idea of the Week That mid-length rule on the 14 is a pain in the backside but as far as I can see it there is still a loophole if anyone is...
Just a thought on prismatics - isn't going for a higher prismatic coefficient only likely to work where the minimum beam is not restricted? If...
And we are back to the go over the water or through the water argument... The key difference though between the Moth designs and the I14...
As i thought - stupid idea!!
A few thoughts that have been developing... astevo - you said your ply Moth was off the pace when you had too much rocker in the back end and...
Another Guest - I totally agree in the same wind and water conditions, where an 11ft long 3ft wide hull is doing 4.5kts, the 11ft long 1 ft wide...
Phil / Andrew - thanks for the clarification on the plywood, it makes much more sense now. Another Guest - yes a narrow boat goes faster in...
As I said - "if we believe this information" However, I am not convinced Michlet is totally irrelevant for a very narrow hull like a Moth....
And here is the wave making versus wet surface drag... I think it is fairly clear that once above hull speed, wave making drag remains roughly...
