As many of you will be aware, the amount of sargassum being produced in the Atlantic has increased of late and this is being left piling onto the...
Hey, I always have trouble turning lines plans of long keeled boats into a 3d surface. Where the keel or deadwood reaches the turn of the bilge...
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I know this requires some serious CFD or empirical testing but does anyone have any rules of thumb or educated guesses on how high up an...
This was a formative text for me during my design education and it covers an aspect of yacht design (seakindleness) which is sadly not considered...
I have heard that GPS receivers should not be placed high up as they suffer from the oscillations of the boats movement and often you see these on...
There is alot of info about this but I am trying to find out the size drum I need for a specific length and thickness. My math is not what it...
Apart from being a future bar stool at my house! I found it on a beach. I thought it might be a float/buoy but it seems to heavily engineered...
This will be beneath many of the esteemed members of this forum but it is worth asking nonetheless. In my humble opinion, cup holders...
The boat is in the build at the moment and I want to have the capability to run the European AC system from an American shore power. Anyone know...
If someone designs something specifically for me and I build it (or have it built) do I (or builder) have the right to reproduce it? Can the...
There are many different designs for these and I am currently leading towards the findelta/wedge design shape as there is not much space between...
After sorting through my many tomes that accompany a designer's life today, I realised how lucky I was to own so much literature to aid me in my...
Hey, I have been offered a cheap Dart 16 and was wondering about building some foils for it. The hull shape is going to make it hard to...
Hey, We all know it is the predecessor of the Bermudian rig but I am hoping some of the more learned participants of this forum hopefully can...
Hi guys, i know this isn't the place for this but its only people like us who would want/understand an Aero rig. Found this Carbospars built...
I had one of our favourite (and most eccentric) customers came in this morning and before saying anything else he proclaimed "I want to go...
Excuse my ignorance but I am failing to understand a statement I read recently by Marc Lombard regarding his 2nd Generation Akilaria Class 40. He...
Does anybody have any ideas what this is? It measures about 20mm. I found it on a very early Dubois 1/4 tonner.
I have seen a few Beneteau powerboats with this technology. I have to say I am dubious that it would live up to some of the claims...
