Mike, It is a a 44' round-bilged hull designed by Robin Chamberlin. The fix is not beautiful, but who cares, as it is underwater. If it solves...
Mike, the boat in the picture also suffered from slamming, they added a strip of plywood to the bottom of the hull forward of the keel and...
http://www.harwoodmarine.com.au/pics/under_construction/cyber_14/CYBER_4800_BROCHURE.pdf
Good day, what experiences do you have with hydraulic linear drives? I have used a Lecomble and Schmitt for about 7 years and about 20000...
http://www.periple.com/ is what I call a Cape Horn sailing yacht, capable of being single handed, extremely solid, versatile and most of details...
http://www.multihulldesigns.com/ has Cylinder Mold designs which is a further development of stressed plywood construction.
While cruising around Patagonia, I met two completely different boats , which sailed from New Zealand around Cape Horn to Ushuaia. Of course their...
If you do not like bad weather, you will need a solid deckhouse for watches, you will spend a lot of time in the Patagonian channels, where rain,...
What is a Cape Horn vessel? You can reach Cape Horn nearly day-sailing, once you reached the American Continent. Simon
Thanks for the feedback. I have got a 12v battery bank, which is charged by solarpanels, windgenerator, the 12v alternator and the 230v...
If I need 3 kW over a time of 1 - 2 hours, is the 230V alternator a valid alternative to a generator, not wanting to have an separate generator to...
Good day, What are the advantages of using an AC alternator (like the dynawatt,...
Hello everyone, thanks for the feedback. Correction: 600grms of Double bias used on the outside and 400grms on the inside. Phil: Do I...
I read an article about a surfboard-builder using Innegra to strengthen and building up laminate thickness....
I am thinking about glassing another layer over the existing underwater of my catamaran. The underwater will be glass blasted. Please see...
I have had a sample patch done and it looks very well. Going to do the rest next week. Simon
it seems to work as explained on page: http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages/pages/waynehicks/chapter_25_sandblasting.htm ! Sodablasting seems...
Good day everyone, I would be interested in experiences in sandblasting antifouling on fiberglass hulls. My boat does not have gelcoat and...
Yves-Marie, it would be interesting to hear about the ergonomic concept of your design and the solutions to enable the use of a wheelchair on...
Here some photos of the repair, half way through cheers Simon