RWatson has a neat thread at http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/all-things-boats-and-boating/handy-personal-link-thread-40721.html for storing...
Probably not the right place for this but the forum that gets the most views - I have been blogging on Weebly for years but recently have had...
I have the following thoughts about using hull design software and would appreciate comments, suggestions or perhaps corrections from real...
I've got into an argument about rudder size and lee helm that I cannot win because I am not by any stretch of the imagination an authority on...
I've nothing against America but by virtue of its size and its foreign policies it gets a lot of comments, for and against. So do various...
- bendable hardwood at this site http://www.puretimber.com/ ? I understand it's wet hardwood that has been compressed along the grain so it...
It can get tiring squeezing filler into a long crack from one of those plastic tubes and it doesn't always come in those tubes that fit cauling...
The forum gets quite a few threads from folk looking at wooden boat-building as a career. From what I read most "successful" builders aren't...
I bought a study plan (Haven 12-1/2) from the Wooden Boat Magazine store and found it excellent, but another buyer who bought a different design...
When Bolger designed a plywood version of the elegant Herreshoff 12-1/2, he reduced the freeboard “to distract the eye from the coarser sectional...
A few questions: I was looking at the spreadsheet library for something to aid hull design which ideally would create a file that could be...
In FreeShip, when I insert a plane to generate new points at the intersection the points create a flat spot on the hull. Can I insert new points...
Has anyone tried this method of retracting a daggerboard? The board retracts neatly under the foredeck, does not interfere with the main boom or...
I have run into a problem on the the stability of a small sailboat I am trying to design. It is a downsized Haven 12-1/2 for lake use, without...
Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of the Kempenfelt 12-1/2 - it hasn’t been designed yet, but I’ve named it after a Lake Simcoe bay in memory of...
This link takes you to an excellent dictionary of boating and shipping terms. I'd create a new article for it but the ability to do that in the...
Wikipedia has shut down its english language site temporarily (I hope) as a protest to SOPA and PIPA. These are the Stop Onl ine Piracy Act and...
While making a donation to Wikipedia, supposedly on a secure page, after entering all the details and clicking the continue button I expected to...
After a long interlude I want to get back into sailing a canoe; I have a couple of candidate wooden canoes, one hard chine and one with rounded...
I was reading about the cylinder mold method of boat construction and it gave me an idea: does anyone know of this concept or have an opinion?...