PAR Your use of beaded ply sounds wonderful. Do you have a specific product to recomend? drew
Thanks for all of the responses. All were very helpful. I am much more comfortable using two 3/8" layers. My plan had been to stagger them and...
I am restoring a wooden Bristol Channel Cutter and would like to use plywood for the new deck. I have read everything I can get my hands on but...
I was thinking of it for use as a worm shoe where flexibility isn't an issue but the other aspects you mentioned might be a value.
Is anyone using Torrified wood in boat building. From what I have read and seen to date it seems like it might have a lot of advantages to offer.
I appreciate each of you taking the time to answer questions that must seem incredibly basic in your world. I started sailing 10 years years ago...
In regards to PAR's question about the location of the mainmast and the companionway see the attached photo. The main mast lands on top of the...
No one answered my question about cutters. I am still interested in knowing if there is a value and a way to locate the center of effort when one...
Thanks for the diagrams. Anyone want to answer the more complicated question of how to calculate the center of effort of the jib and staysail on...
It sound like changing the foresail into a gaff would be the simplest of the desired changes and improve the look of the rig as well. Thanks to...
Opps. I just sketched out the marconi I just wrote about and realized that when you reef the marconi the center styas forward and when you drop...
I don't have the background of either of you but would appreciate help clarifying a few simple questions. It would help me for a minute if we...
Thanks again for all the good ideas. Doing the changes in stages would be a real help. As to my real objective... I love the look of a gaff...
I was hoping to not only keep the masts in place but keep the center of efforts close to the same as well. The following is a poor quality photo...
Thanks for the quick responses. I'll try to be clearer. The attached photo is of a Cheoy Lee staysail schooner which has the very reversed...
Is is possible to modify a staysail schooner to a gaff schooner? If it is possible does it make sense in terms of performance? I am not trying...