Hi there, I had an old honda XR 500 trailbike some years back. Single cylinder, 4 stroke, 500cc, a big old slow thumper (for a bike) with...
Hello all, I have a Bukh DV36 diesel in my boat. It throbs at a very low frequency, and makes you feel like you're sitting inside a subwoofer...
Here are a few pictures of a little skiff that i designed for messing about on our local river, which is pretty protected. Design parameters...
I have a second hand Bukh 36 bought from the dealership, and when i fired it up the alternator was only charging at 12.25 volts. I took the...
Found this while looking for a uv stabalised coating for my cabin. any comments? http://www.teak-guard.com/
Is it possible to use an etch primer over epoxy to avoid sanding off the gloss prior to painting? This is in an area of the boat where the finish...
Can anyone tell me how to model / save parts in freeship?
Hello all, I've bought an old 25' timber motor boat off a bloke who'd started to prepare her for sheathing. She's a beautiful old girl, and was...
The predecessor to this thread started as a question about sheathing a timber hull....
Hello all, I'll apologise in advance, because I'm sure this topic has been covered plenty of times in this forum. I may be taking possession...
I'm interested in designing a seabright skiff (as a theoretical design project), similar to outlined by Dave Gerr in Nature of Boats, and Aitkin....
Can anyone suggest a formula for determining hull bottom pressure (at displacement speeds) or a webpage where I might find out more about this...
Hello all, I've designed a boat on freeship that I intend to build with a friend of mine. Its a 10 metre (32.5 ft) hard chined displacement...
I have been working through a design for a 10 metre displacement powerboat. Here is an earlier thread on the subject ......
I am wondering if anyone can tell me how to draw a hole in a surface in freeship to depict windows and portholes. At present I have just made...
I am designing a 9 metre displacement powercruiser as a personal project. I've worked out that to cruise at 7.5 knots with my displacement of 5.6...
Hello, I'm attempting a design project as an absolute beginner. I've read several books on the subject, and hae set myself a goal of designing...
Hello, I'm new here. I'm interested in boat design - read a few books (Nature of Boats, Elements of Boat Strength, Devlin's boatbuilding,...