Bulbous bow Tolly Wally, I am sorry to hear that you cannot get the pictures on my website. You will get nothing from...
Bulbous bow I am an engineer not a naval architect. I had a look at the bulbous bow from an engineer's perspective on my website at...
You do not explain why you are interested. I am writing a text book for students of mechanical engineering for whom an understanding of model...
Wave patterns I asked my daughter to open the offending section of my web site on her computer as being typical of others and only about half the...
Wave patterns Tolly Wally The pictures come through if you are patient, at least they do for me. They are big files and take time to down...
I had a look at the bow waves made by displacement hulls on my web site under bulbous bows. It is at www.ivorbittle.co.uk You might be interested....
I presume that you will sail inland. If so, do not dismiss the gaffe rig too quickly. It found favour on the inland waterways of Great Britain...
Ultimate RC yacht. You need to be much more definite. What do you think that an ultimate yacht would do? Would it be the fastest yacht round a...
Nauticmodel You might like to read the section on model propellers in my web site at www.ivorbittle.co.uk . You might also find my on-going text...
Squires500, Yesterday I watched a fleet of Fiestas and Micro Magics racing. The Fiesta is larger than I recall it at 24...
RC yacht Squires, You seem to have taken my hull design on board and to have found my website. It must be ideal for your project....
Rc yacht see attachment Squires I am not at all sure of the ethics of helping project students but, when I help I expect some input from the...
daiquiri, I am sorry to have given offence. I also note that the diagram I referred to is not on my website. It was before I deleted it...
Daiquiri, I am used to people underestimating me because I like to let my website speak for me and most do not or cannot read it. I...
I am grateful to those who have replied to my question. I have a web site in which I write about things that interest me and I am interested in...
Suppose that I joined a course of instruction on the design of racing yachts. How might the instructor suggest that the area of the keel could be...
Rc yacht In reply to the question on Reynolds' number it might serve your purpose to read Chapter 7 of my fluids book on my website...
Rc yacht The starting point in designing a model is to accept that you are designing a miniature sailing boat and not a scale model. Scaling...
Rc yacht Scale wind. What will you do if the boat is scaled up and not down? The idea is a nonsense.
Uni yacht There is a much-sailed design at the length you require in Britain. It is called the Fiesta. It has been very well worked out. Ivor Bittle
