It was like a windfall. Old familiar girl, http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=4918 (actually, she is 1600kg)...
I use two headsails, given the possiblity (LTU 1592): http://www.piranija.eu/2011/papa-19-dalyvaujanciu-bus The page is in Lithuanian, but...
To me, "50% dynamic lift" definition seems to be the most consistent. *There is no place for different interpretations. *The only difficulty...
For the build method pictured, there is no necessity to develop panels. Each strip is shaped directly in-place.
Accurate to the mm detail drawings from a design office is VERY recent luxury in ship and boat building. Before this, models, full size lofting...
To return to "is it possible to combine ..." :) Actually, during WW2, there was a few instances, when subs did return to port using improvised...
It will involve serious re-engineering of the mast, with new position of cap shrouds, and consequent rearrangement of all the other transversal...
in all this discussion big drag question is untouched: how to transfer pull of kite deep underwater (a sub has to be quite deep uderwater to...
For so long as ballast tank (I assume side tanks here) contain ~350-400 l of water -an equivalent of 4 husky guys and you not use tanks and hiking...
Congratulations Congratulations, Tamkvaitis! ;)