Surfing's built itself an audience. Ski-ing's popular enough.
CT249, yes, and yet again I think the America's Cup is a different game altogether. It's like "why don't top fuel dragsters have the same...
How hard would it be to arrange a live camera feed from each boat? A GoPro-type camera on a 2-axis mini-gimbal on an arm mounted on the transom...
Hey hey! Who you callin' a Merc? :) Thanks, all. The design took into account Sukisolo's knowledgable advice that gave me the confidence to...
So, here's the mount fitted up with a plywood block (that I'll finish with epoxy), and out in action. At this stage the metal is 6063 aluminium,...
So this was my final overview CAD drawing: [IMG] and yesterday I picked her up at the factory looking like this: [IMG] More photos...
Yeah, that's the one part I'm not quite happy with. Because I'm still going to finish it with a block of marine ply, I'm wary of an angle at the...
Some more focussed CAD drawing and I now have this (attached). As a PDF, the lines are coming out too thick for the details to be clear....
So I've drafted up the boat in blue, the existing mounting bracket in black, and the beginnings of the new mount in red
Yes, another aspect is sail balance - we're fine in 15 knots, but at 25 it'd take a well-oiled crew and a braver man than me to get out the...
That's really helpful. Thank-you. Yes, I'd forgotten about that option - easier to draw and easier to build: and I realise now I haven't taken...
Hi, and thanks for your reply. The system is still twin-rudder - the previous pintles being replaced by gudgeons that use those same mountings....
Hi. I'm hoping to make a custom outboard mount for my Open 5.70. I bought the boat a little over a year ago. It's one of the original series,...
Hi again. For an overall picture, I've made a biro-aided design (BAD (tm)) sketch - like this ? (Sail shown flying to leeward, or too small -...
Hi, >>So far no one has explained why the boat won't work<< I too've been reading with interest. Dionysis, I'm surprised to see you've...
