Chandler, I like to think of it as going in the same direction. As an owner, since past, of a premier Alden design, 44' yawl, I find no...
Well, if you go back in building, to modern history to the '20s and '30s designers would rather cast themselves adrift than have anyone suspect...
I am not the right person to ask regarding gas Vs. diesel. I try to use only diesel. My boat, sail, my car VW, my standby home generator, all are...
Being familiar with custom and limited production techniques from a local boat builder, the first generation is often a plug which in turn is used...
A word of caution in today's business world. Yes, I am a cynic, but well founded after 47 years in film production. Take care how you accept any...
The arguements are open as is the design forum of hull forms. Most sailing hull forms claim an advantage based on performance. Certainly a newer...
What is there to copy right? A hull form measurement can be altered by what ratio to avoid infringment? Can one copy right performance?...
If the boat you plan to work with is a true design, not just a lucky floater, the keel form has been intergrated into the overall performance and...
In time the various auto diesels will become available at about 1/3 the cost. Or you could get one from a salvage yard and make the conversion...
All depends on what you are towing. Barge, sister ship, dead whale? Ray
I have in the past found lots of co-operative Alden voices concerning getting 60 years old lofting plans. They recommend you identify what it...
Don't go there. What you are proposing is something mid way between a rider-less surf board and a mini-sub. The hull form that would promote the...
Here is my conclusion, based on a 14 day old real time application of a 20" dia. 6"X14" wheel with 8 spokes. This was done on a 14' efficient...
Again, the hydraulics or the ballast trim selection? Ray
I had a GMC gas system that defied explaining why I had water in the crank case. All that it may have been is that the engine cannot exhaust...
Pitt, Why don't you get with a project to develop shallow draft water rescue craft? This need not be for swift water "Hollywood events", just...
The mechanism or the physics? Ray Tostado
My predictament was promoted by the fact that I already had a 14' hull with an existing engine well. I simply designed and built the paddle wheel...
I used an 8 blade 20" diameter. Not worth the time. Blades were 6"X 20" with only .6 square foot of surface. Barely a walking pace. Adding rpms...
Lead me on. How do you post a photo? I lost the link to a Texas boat builder I wish to converse with. He has the shallow draft boats that...
