This is from a draft of an earlier article that I had written for a different venue: "I personally strongly prefer a properly designed...
Around here they are called "Flippers" and most are built by the boat owners using either batten stock and fishing pole parts or an old fishing...
I am not sure why you think that your Venture needs a backstay. In its normal configuation the shrouds are set aft to provide the necessary aft...
First of all hullspeed is typically quoted as 1.34 times the square root of the waterline length and that formula is derived from the height and...
This is something akin to asking 'how long is a piece of string?'; there is no real answer. If you have never sailed I suggest that you start out...
I don't especially like either boat. You are partially correct that Endeavour got started by buying a set of obsolete Irwin molds for a 32 footer....
Neither boat has a particularly comfortable motion. My mother owned an Endeavour 37 and it had one of the most uncomfortable motions of any boat...
Thank you for your kind words. Wing masts make sense on beamier boats where staying can be more simply accomplished. For a normal monohull, the...
I like the direction that this discussion seems to be going. Although the individual improvements are hard to quantify, they are comparatively...
While I think that this discussion has run aground, or at least gotten becalmed after a brief thunderstorm, I do want to say that I hope my...
I would have to agree with you that we do not seem to be getting anywhere in this discussion but at some level I disagree with your conclusions...
Because there are tactical advantages to having a boat which is actually faster. The age allowance attempts to compensate for that tactical...
First of all, I still say that there is a problem with your analysis if you think that a the speed of a 1960. 1970's or 1980's boat would appear...
Briefly, "I agree with what you say about displacement measurement. That is why I have used all data from one source, ie: PHRF and assume that...
With all due respect, I very strongly disagree with your statement about IMS typeform boats being less stable than earlier typeforms and in...
g’day Mates, Wardi, I want to commend you on your analysis. As I read it everything made sense until I came to your final conclusions that...
I am surprised that the Synergia is doing so well over in Europe. We had no problem beating it with a 40.7 on corrected time and boat for boat in...
A couple quick replies because I need to get out of here to cruising, but to answer the replies, SeaDrive: I purposely chose the Tartan 41...
Do you really believe that "a '70s PHRF boat is still as fast as an IMS built racer." ? It is not hard to show you the numbers. I think that...
As I am reading the direction that this thread seems to be following, it looks like you are almost trying to develop and validate a VPP system....
