Hi Tom, Are you the same MANOVER BOARD that is sometimes in yahoo sailing chat? There is somebody there by that name. There is much more to...
Schooner Liberty Hi there, thank you for the kind comments. Here lets see if I got this uploading bit taped ok. Regards WAH
Building of LIBERTY Ok Giulbert, will try to atttach pic. Not sure if I get it right. Other wise under the yahoo group BACKYARDBOATBUILDING 2, is...
Actually, any car axle can be used to brake one wheel or the other. That is what the purpose of the diff is.However, you would need a difflock...
Hi all, I have not been here for a while, but I have designed and built my own steel schooner. I think it is a success, but I did not think my...
steel schooner Hi Stan, yes I woud share thew info with you, but it is 4.57 am, it is winter here and cold, I am just down loading the bowditch...
Hi all, I am trying to find any info related to rudder size in percentage or whatever relationship to the underwater profile/ lateral...
sorry guys, I am not interested in rigby (rugby?). I find ALL ball games stupid useless and silly. Therefore I could not even care who plays...
Ho jean-baptiste, Yes there are people who work with wooden boats, we have shipwrights, carpenters and boatbuilders here that used to build...
book price Ok that settles it, because to send the book from here, would cost an extra US$40,- or more. So I suggest you have a better bargain....
book price Hi all, I am considering the matter of price for the book, give me a little time. I have found only six references to this book...
I try to explain Froude in effect explains the loss of stability when a vessel is on top of a wave and the wave drops away. Thers is a point of...
naval architecture Hi Steven, I would put it on if I could, One intersting thing of this book was Froude's bucket machine in which he...
book Hi there, I have had no income for the last couple of years while I built my 55ft gaff schooner, the boat is finished and so is my money....
Hi all, I am clearing out my boat, having done all electrinics and pc boards, I am now onto books. I have a copy of an english book called...
Hi Jon, No we have crossed wires here, when my stuffing box or sterntube is damaged by an iceberg, I will go down for sure. The idea is that...
Thank you for your well meaning reply, but I doubt that I could find a "mechanical seal engineer" on the whole of the african continent where I...
boat building hallo, it should not read 5000eu but 500eu and 4m refers to beam. also the most comon crane available her is an 80t crane but in...
ship building Hallo, Ok there is No market for Yachts here at the moment, but that may change soon. What is a "larger ship"? Transport...