Cheers Andy - tracked it down at http://www.idniyra.org/articles/mast_made_easy.htm I'll be able to adjust axis dimensions for my requirements...
Check out Polynesian Catamaran Associations website www.pca-seapeople.org for contacts
Costs Basic boating costs run approximately 33% hull/deck construction 33% propulsion systems - sail - rig/sail - power = engines and...
Cats gain their greater speed thru lightness and high LWL:BWL ratio A pair of volumnuous hulls will not have the knife thru hot butter effect...
Is there a specific section for propulsion and drive systems. Initially I'd like to find out more about marine hydraulic systems from pump to...
I've found plenty of sources for hollow birdsmouth spars, but can anyone point me in direction of how to shape "tear drop"/pear shaped sections....
What A TRAVESTY A waste of the old MacGregor 36' catamaran (a very useful tool in it's own right, sailed like a real witch on protected...
Your reliance on vodka suggests us more about yourself than your "observations" of others. Deliberately provocative people almost always retreat...
Hi Guys, Any details on what specifically you didn't like about Parabeam? In both cases I detect a reluctance in attitude to the "type" of...
There's a guy who used to advertise in "National Fisherman" and covered transmissions etc when using B&S and other similar engines.
The reason Seagulls were so easy for owners to work on, was that they needed to be. Some owners "boasted" of being able to strip and rebuild a...
There was an old adage back when engines on boats were true auxilliaries, that you needed 1hp per ton to achieve hull speeed (square root of...
Yes it was threaded like a wood screw (a welded eye headed lag screw would be best description) .
Just found a source for woven s-glass (while looking for something else) in Must, Virginia in 4, 6 and 9 ounce weights. John R Sweet Co
Having attended Gougeons workshops and seen tests conducted with 3/8 welded eye bolt screwed into cheap 2x4 stock blocks. We (attendees) after...
Always remember some of the most innovative of names are a nightmare when using VHF "chenkway?? say again!!" Tschienque - Lenni Lenape...
Agreed! And aluminum being the excellent conductor that it is, the foam will be cooked pretty well throughout the board. Why an aluminum...
I seem to recall some 15-20 years ago, Phil Bolger did some work on end plates for rudders. Any online references to this or similar works?...
I always thought George Buehlers wood (and later) steel plans were good value. I met and spoke with George many years ago at a Metal Boat...
I nearly went with George Buehlers "HERA" design http://www.georgebuehler.com/Hera.html a particularly salty looking 39', before deciding a...
