I would suggest getting a ball park price for the rig, deck gear and sails from a local supplier for a 30ft vs a 40ft tri. You might be in for...
Just kissing. Fastest she goes upwind.
3/8 balsa would be more than strong enough. Most boats that size would be 9mm foam with less than half that thickness of laminate. Sounds...
Yep that will be fine, the rivets arent doing much, most of the load is compression and taking up by the perfect? butt join. (depending on where...
its mainly because a keelboat has a big lump of lead on it Also a multihull has a lot of weight at the back, motors, beam, boom and mainsail...
Capricorn is all 4mm ply except the main hull deck and cabintop/cockpit which is 6mm. the entire boat (all hulls and decks/cockpit/cabin etc) had...
Good work Gary! She looks amazing, floats very high, must be very light! I am concerned how she will handle moored in high winds. Maybe you need...
The way I did it on my new boat was to Build a composite chainplate on the top of a bulkhead, then cove and tape the bulkhead into the hull....
I had a 5hp long shaft to start with. It was fine 90% of the time. I then upgraded to a 8hp high thrust. Top speed about the same (7 knots) but...
I would have a narrower deck and a harder turn of the bilge if I could, i.e flatter sides with more volume low. as is the floats are very...
you can see my new 8.5 Tri floats in lines plans and sailing upwind in the images. The design of the float was done by Phil Maxwell and they are...
basically if you want to keep them the same size you cant build them any lighter in foam and glass unless you use a very fragile laminate. Female...
you would be better off extending the stern
Dragon still is still kicking around Auckland. The latest owner is a bit of a tinkerer... likes building stuff more than sailing maybe... I...
KH has always bagged other designers, whats new? what he says is true the Newicks are pretty slow, why is everyone so upset about it? Then again...
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any idea why its so slow? looks kind of heavy from the pics?
great photo showing the taller rig and bigger sailplan we used
biggest improvement on my Bucc's boat speed was more sail area. In anything over about 8 knots of breeze the transom was way clear of the water,...
My Bucc 24 was competitive with the 8.5s in the light breeze but when fully powered up we suffered from the shorter floats. To be seriously...
