Basscat, I apologize on behalf on everyone in the world who are unable to read a post and give a response that is even remotely close to the...
Sweet, thanks for the info. Like i said, i was expecting something more technical i guess? Its silly how simply a lot of technology is.
Jeremy, Yes! I saw those pictures. i went through that forum for a while looking at things. The question i was trying to have answered in this...
Yes, haha, yes you did. If im not misunderstanding, a stuffing box is basically a tube packed with grease to let the shaft rotate and mostly hold...
I forgot to mention that this will be powered by pedal, not engine! I origianll was going to post this in the pedal forum, but as its over a...
Does anyone have any information on how to build a stern tube type device? i attached an image of basically how itll be implemented. I intend...
Thanks for the post Tim. Thats exactly what iv been thinking this whole time. =)
Not a half bad idea, nor is it far from my idea of that nature. Itll go into the drawing board! yay
Cartoon boat is a perfect way to describe it probably. I love the shape of the modified keel. So what of this twin keel idea someone mentioned...
The ocean explorer is surely a great boat, i first saw it a while back. My boat is a bit over kill in the fact that were using it as a mechanical...
Loose the skeg type thing? That could be a good idea. The reason it is fully connected is that i inend on making the entire piece solid. and...
[IMG] This is my first pass idea about what the profile of the boat might be like.
My boat is being designed to be class legal for the PD Racer racing class. (http://pdracer.com/) it wont be of racing grade, but we are using the...
HAHAHA Petros, you made my day. The "now" is a typo that originated from "nose" I want it as close to the nose as i can get. Man, that was...
Hello again everyone. I was reading some posts i made on here while working on my first couple of boats - I sounded like a complete idiot. I...
I can see that most of you have been dealing with such questions for a while. Im still just getting into it, so i had to look up 3/4 of what was...
The boat that i showed above has a centre daggerboard. It works fairly well id say. The reason we want to go with a keel is because we want...
Iv looked into the book you all mentioned, a few excerpts from it looked very nice indeed. As for the outrigger idea, there is not much room for...
This boat took my girlfriend and i (we are the design team) about 3 hours to design. The sails and rudder that we used took a couple hours to...
Alright alright, i guess this needs a bit more background information before the lot of you kill me with criticism. In reply to being able to...
