Sorry for the late post. I have always made my own boats, sails, fins,rudders and well, everything. I have never done really well racing but...
I don't know, they haven't been defined anywhere I've looked. Thanks, I had noticed that as I was fiddling with this the LCB was sneaking...
I am trying to design an IOM. I'm trying to get the CP up to about .60 or thereabouts. I'm using Hullform software. Hullform splits the CP into...
Is this something that I should be using the "variables plot" for? I'm just getting into that now. Thanks Don
Could you explain this differently? By "fix the trim" do you mean change the trim and where do I do this? And "run the heel sweep"? I'm sorry I...
Thanks I think I follow your explanation(I'm new at this) but why do I see other people talking about a moving CB. As in "make sure your CB...
I have been playing around with Hullform 9P trying to design an IOM (model yacht). I'm confused about the LCB. It never moves when I heel the...
Has anyone had problems with Hullform not opening properly on Windows 7? It worked when I first installed it but now it shows on the taskbar but...
It is the Center of Lateral Resistance that I am trying to determine. It's also called the Center of Lateral Plane. I can find no reference to it...
I was using Freeship but I couldn't heel the boat(if I remember right),has that changed? Don
Hi all I'm fairly new to hullform and boat design. I'm trying to find what the Hullform equivilant to CLR or CLP is. I'm thinking that it is the...
When I try to export as DXF all I seem to get is the "plan". I just have the Freeware, maybe that's the problem. It also might help if I knew...
I seem to be able to export offsets from Delftship as "File","Export", "Offsets". It saves them as a text file. But when I try to open that file...
Is anyone able to tell me how to get the offsets from Delftship into Hullform? If it can be done? I've tried about every option I can think of....
Can anyone provide a link to a site that has all these hydrostatic terms explained? And which are synonymous with which. I just started using...
Thanks Earl, I've already read it. Couple of times in fact. Good stuff. Thanks Don
Thanks guys, Par answered my question when he said, "Yes." Don
Thanks for the answer. I've built a model sailing yacht that has more weather helm than I care for. My plan is to build a little more rocker into...
When determining the COLR(or whatever it's called) is anything taken into consideration other than the underwater profile? Beam? Displacement?...
I have tried a set of Gordon Stout sails with the same result. I use Trispi for my sails. I'm starting to wonder if I'm just overpowering the...
