Given many cruise ships are now so wide and tall, and the waters they cruise so shallow, maybe it's just easier to make your way to the top deck...
I've been looking at this design for a while, seems to be a pretty efficient hull. Seems to tick several of your boxes, the power curve looks...
Amazing how much you know about a boat you've sailed what, once? As I said, they're extremely well built and have a lot of interior room for a...
I've owned a couple of medium sized plywood boats here in Australia, one built new with epoxies and sheathed in the same. One a one design racing...
There is nothing at all wrong with a Eureka 32. I have spent a good bit of time on one, and that boat had also been through much severe weather. I...
A friend's uncle had a Savage Lancer, nice boats. They'll easily run to 30kts with those engines, if everything is right. Once on the plane they...
Wow, I guess you had your sense of humour surgically removed at birth.... You still haven't explained how a rowing shell, designed for smooth,...
Its not an issue...in ideal conditions. But get a bit of side wind or tide when trying to retrieve, and all that boat still hanging out past the...
I guess your penchant for rowing shells in rougher conditions explains your forum name:D Regards, Andrew.
I agree, anything 16ft and up will handle fairly bad bay type weather. 16-17ft is about the max size you can comfortably handle yourself, with a...
I dunno, I don't think too many people would classify a boat (shell) that would break in two when each end is supported on a wave as seaworthy.......
If it's going to be single handed, trapeze and 55kgs, just build a single or double chined hull. It'll be up and planing very early anyway. The...
Have a look round this site: http://www.m-g-m.fr/ Regards, Andrew.
Hey, you're right! I didn't pay attention to the manufacturer's name when I bought them. However, knowing me, I bought some cheap, generic version...
Why not? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5k-CRH4_CM
I used one of those nylon abrasive wheels to remove some Sikaflex once, it was quite effective. You know the wheels, look like sort of a hard sea...
It would be nice if you could get all that glass out again, but what destroys polyester without a nasty chemical mess? Maybe we could go back to...
You could always build a couple of ballast compartments into the rear of the barge, flood them and be able to use your crane more safely. Or flood...
Make frame out of light timber, Staple/nail foam to frame. Glass over outside of foam, let cure. Turn over and glass other side. Finish and done.
Wow, I've been in the marine and automotive industry here in Australia all my life, and I've NEVER heard toughened glass called heated...