Well, I'm still wanting to cruise the whole of the Nantes - Brest canal and still haven't done it, because amongst other things I don't have the...
I've been looking at cat design recently and notice that sailing cats usually have symmetical hulls but power cats often have assymmetrical hulls....
Before I set saw to wood, I thought I'd have one final plunge in the deep end of boat design just in case there's something I'd not thought of. So...
Grr, it's maddening, I'm trying to put a nice flat face on each end of cylinder in FreeShip and it keeps bringing it in to a point, but not even a...
In my never ending think of different ways to pedal a boat, I dreamt up what I'd call the Umbrella/Piston thingy idea. Thing is, would it work at...
I'm just wondering if anyone has, or has seen a suitable figure which could be used in Freeship? Ideally it'd be poseable, looking like this...
I'm in the middle of building a human powered boat and I'm just wondering if anyone can suggest any form of speedometer set up at all. I know the...
I'm thinking of glass on foam core construction, and the logical thing to do would be to cut big horizontal sheets of foam following the hull form...
So, int he quest for the perfect human powered touring boat, I've been playing with Kayak Foundry and FreeShip, and have come up with this. It...
I'd presumed that it'd be mirror, but all that does is split the hull in two and pop half on each side. How on earth do I get them to look like a...
I've read the tutorial but quite frankly it whooshes over my head, because my offsets I've exported from Kayak Foundry don't look anything like...
Raked Propeller - what is it? Whilst discussing human powered boats I heard mention of what can only be described as a conical propeller....
Yet another pedal boat question from me. I'm pedalling (hopefully) the 364 kms of the Nantes - Brest Canal in a 6m Kayak-alike boat. The usual...
The title says it all really, but to flesh it out a bit. I'm building a small kayak-like boat for gentle cruising along the Nantes - Brest...
In THIS post, I was trying to work out a way to make a cheap, expendable sit on top touring kayak for canal use. When I say expendable I mean I...
I've been searching through the forums for cheap boat building methods (when I say cheap I mean cheap - the $100 boat thread drew me right in)....
First off I should apologise, this isn't really about boats at all. But one of my other hobbies is recumbent riding, and I'm thinking of making a...
I'm in the middle of building a Searoader [IMG] and I'm wondering about things to do to make it a little more seaworthy. Not that I'm going...
I'm still on my quest to build a simple 15 foot jonboat, and was wondering if the following would work. Remember this is something to play about...
Just a simple question really. Before I go off and buy a set of plans from somewhere like Uncle John etc, are there any free Jon Boat plans out...
