Optima Navis Intuitu Artificis Constructa Oniak 9400
When the boat is in planing regime,the generated lift due to hull shape make virtually decrease the displacement... and the result is a smaller...
It would be a variable section foil,really asymmetrical (and not flap deflected) for port and starboard,and neutral in course downwind. A drastic...
Was on the market in Italy and Europe some years ago, a surface prop and bracket gear called LeviDrive.Have you ever heard? It was an half pipe...
... then you want to know all about the project, and curiosity kill the cat...(its for joke..) Think at a 0.5m chord lenght,8 to 12% thickness...
Someone has ideas regarding families of asymmetrical foil sections,having his first third(or fourth) symmetrical? Substantially I mean the leading...
What Steve said about the breaking risk, is in true the thing that has screwed my mind... But,steve, you have to know that the boat is (just for...
Yes Gonzo,but I mean minimalist and EFFECTIVE. Think that we are speaking of a rotating wing mast with a chord of 1/10 of the main base. The...
This is a very strange effect on a catamaran. The turbulence of a vey thick trailing edge under the stern may be a part of the problem. The...
Yes,the purpose is to make the boat sails flat. And the work of a flexible rig is a good and well known solution(many of us sails on fractioned...
Dear Par,it seems to me that you consider the stability of the boat as the only factor to get best performance to windward... How many times...
ACC... Keyboard failure! Continue from above. The sails are in perfect trimming too,and the discharge effect is worked out by cant down and...
Thanks Steve,I agree what you said. In fact the boat in question has the "windward option" ,but this no means... I try to explain myself in a...
This is in regard of performance of a light displacement monohull sailing close windward in fresh air... <Canting the mast leeward of several...
