You may also look for Jean-Pierre Magnan's Super-Calin. I cruise one on the St-Lawrence river. Hard chine plywood, quite simple to build ( we did...
You may also make a plug out of styrofoam ( or anything else ) then make a mold of 2 part silicone. There you will have a easy to pop reusable...
Thanks for the advice! Dynel is about the same final weight but what about the final cost:?: (compare to fibreglass)
Thank you for that answer Richard. You all were right my question was't clear. English is not my first language and I'm not always clear enough....
Look a the pics of my last post. this is a similar construction.
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Thanks rasorinc. Richard... who told you I would exclude a member from structural calculation? I'm talking about about an aditional...
Hi, I'm working on the scantling of a 40ft sailboat using ABS offshore Racing Yachts. Construction will be of plywood-epoxy. I read on a thred...
Hi did some of you ever tried the skud 18 or some similar boat like the martin 16 or neo 495. Are they tender or stiff, exciting...
Results are surprising... with some sketch from the skud 18 class rule and some pics I made a model of the hull. The weights are from the...
Well... My first worries was the applicability of the Wind pressure coefficient and the Dellenbaugh angle. I'm sure that the canting keel is...
Hi Paul, The skud is a quite good example of what I'm looking for. did you tried one? Or have some extended spec. I would like to compare with my...
That might be a good idea... for the moment (if I'm right) the WPC=1.46 with a 6ft wide hull and pivoting keel. Not a good as I expect but on...
I will reshape the hull to be wider ( about 6') but preliminary stability looking really bad! I think I will have to use a pivoting keel. My...
Hi, I'm spending some time on a 18' single-person keelboat design. considering that the skipper don't move transversally the righting moment...