Are epoxy fillets just considered the easier way, or can a wood fillet with a convex radius be bed in epoxy and achieve the same purpose? The...
Are there any innovative designs for the bow of a pontoon to combat the "dive" effect? Will raising the bow height and gunwale line with a long...
Basic design is done. Mock ups are tested and done. On to the Coast Guard and legal requirements. The vessel is a 6.5 meter tri-toon houseboat....
I could just glass everything but I thought FRP would reduce the labor issue to 'joining' only. I was looking for decking choices and found FRP...
Is there a reference typical to "The Architectural Graphics Standards" manual for equipment dimensions used in ship cabins, galleys, heads, etc..?...
1. Two pontoons won't hold the load I need, based on the length and width restrictions on the vessel. I'm adding a center pontoon (tritoon),...
I did a search on here and was unable to find the answer to my question. The answer may be so simple only an idiot would have to ask. So here...
I've started building a 20' x 8'-5" houseboat on 2 pontoons. 25" x 25" x 20' square pontoons. I'd like to add a pontoon in the middle to gain a...
I'll admit it. I know just enough about vessel design to be dangerous! My friend and I like to go to the coast and fish from an 18' bay boat. We...
If a vessel takes 5" of draft loaded, will making a transom boyancy pod 8" or even 20" deep matter? If the pod will only submerse to the draft...
I know there is probably a plethora full of variations but what I'm looking for is simple max displacement shapes. I have no marine design...
I want to put a poling platform on a 12’ flat bottom boat. I’m convinced there is a way! With this economy I’m forced to give up on the big flats...