Well, well, well - never didn't learn something from Rob Denny Hi Rob, about your experience sailing with aft rudder fixed and steering by the...
If the Selden 304 is correct for the boat, then you know the moments of inertia ((X = 272,0 cm^3 Y=194,0 cm^3)) which enable you to compare used...
Hello freddyj In all sincerity, choice for propulsion depends on the weight budget. People will confirm that for the B-24 and similar proper...
Congrats Carl. Boat looks sweet as hell on the water.
Sweet sounds. Reminder of my earliest days with a Bucc24. Priceless. <3
You might consider doing a very careful review of Kurt Hughes' paper on wing mast design and construction. For me, this paper has major...
I had the opportunity to visit this boat back when it was in the early stage of the build - and was impressed by the skill and quality of the...
A circular track is the way to go if you want to eliminate the vang most effectively - probably don't need a full 180 degrees of coverage (maybe...
guzzis3, Several things, going on at the same time, are working against you. With multihulls, the relatively lighter weight gives little momentum...
Freddy, the boat is coming along beautifully - congrats. For hanked-on jibs, well for blades anyway, I have tried rigging a downhaul to really...
Help me out here Doug, the only imperfect recollection I have of Hydroptere ballast is water ballast tanks in the amas. But there have been so...
Really like the aft sections of the vaka shown by the picture of the upturned hull for painting. Keep discovering interesting thinking you've...
One way to think about the choices is to remember that adding ballast to an unballasted boat is adding unneeded ballast weight that you will carry...
There's only one 'first sail' and you take the conditions you're given or you choose. Given a choice, if it were a choice, most skippers would...
BJD, Imagine standing at the foothills of a mountain range, off in the distance is the 'Everest' of this range. The foothills is where you are if...
Working from old-brain memory here... but my recollection, from discussion with bruceb, is that the stretch was added in the middle (cabin area)....
Here's the stretched B24
maybe bruceb will chime in, there's a 2ft stretched B24 (stretched to 26) in his neck of the woods, looks like all of the 2' is in the cabin, very...
My thoughts only... * The Jim Brown Sea Runner style is reported to work very well - and it's original weakness, insufficient downwind...
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