I'm now using the latest version of FreeShip Plus under wine on Ubuntu 11.04, and although I do not use every feature of the software, all the...
Jim Michalak designed a tiny little deep vee rowboat called WeeVee. The bottom of your kayak reminds me of WeeVee's bottom -- they both have very...
LP, will you be posting the Freeship file for the version shown in posts #12 and #14 in this thread? Just curious ... :)
That's too bad. I can certainly understand that the availability of cheap tanks would be an important factor. The person who originally...
I just discovered this thread and you're already building a wooden barge so I guess it's a little late for this concept, but here's something I...
Thanks LP. In this case I think I should build exactly to your design without modification. I'm not ready to build yet, but your design looks...
This comment made me think about the design displacement a little more. If your design displacement is 220 lbs and I weigh 160, there would be 60...
Sounds good to me. I'm good with freeship (been designing for years) and I don't really need the boat to be exceptionally stable, so I can...
LP, I think it's a great looking boat and I would love to build one for myself some day, assuming it is designed for a person roughly the same...
This is the basis for my concept, thanks for the clarification Obsession. This is the big question, isn't it? I think my concept of long skinny...
No, I ran out of time before returning to the USA. Several, but not the Tolman which is safely and securely sitting upside down in a barn in Cebu...
I bought talc by the sack to use for sandable filler too, it works great. baby powder is usually made of talc, although you should read the label...
While I was still in the Philippines I thought the market for "gas guzzlers" had probably dried up in the USA too ... but it hasn't, not around...
You are right on the money with this interpretation! I know that my friend seldom runs his boat at 50 knots even though he can. The fact is, he...
Thanks Rick, I find it very interesting! To me this suggests two things: 1) The Seaknife hullform is not an efficient planing hullform. Even so,...
In light of this report that Rick posted in another thread (it's a PDF file, see figure 15) it seems that my straw concept might work best in the...
Although I do not need the high speed for my own personal use, I think it makes sense to design and build this boat so that it can run at the same...
I guess it's because I've been "stuck" on my goal to keep the bottom and the transom as close to the shape of a Seaknife hull as possible --...
Hi erik, thanks for the contribution, here is my reply: If you're correct it means the hulls can have straight flat bottoms ... which means...
I understand what you're saying Chris, and if I were forced to make a choice between a semi-displacement catamaran that could only run at...
