Someone tried that, bit polyurethane foam floats and paddles that resembled ski poles with blades. I gather he got far enough out to not be able...
The real problem is load carrying capacity. Every time you add stores enough to provide for a voyage of an expected length, you slow the boat...
Its important to dream, dreams fuel our ambitions and endeavors, life without dreams would be not worth living. Those who air their dreams in...
How about a tandem cockpit, sailing around the bay with your lady reclining in your lap, flickering past the monohulled slowcoaches like a...
I'm aware that the aka volumes are only part of the equation when it comes to flying the main hull, so really my comment about that was not...
Chris, nice work. Are plans complete and available? $? Just looking at her, it would be fun to fly the main hull, whats the volume to...
Great, I'm looking forward to seeing them. If there is anything that I can help with please feel free to ask. John Welsford
I probably did not put it right. I encourage anything connected with the Mini Transat race and class, they are amazing boats and the skippers are...
Hey good luck with that, do keep us posted. There needs to be more Kiwis in this event, Chris Sayer and Navman showed us what can be done , lets...
Ive done some testing on a hull of about this size and proportions, it was a foil stabilised type but my students ( marine design degree, third...
Mast section calcs for free standing mast Buy, beg, borrow from your public library or steal a copy of Skenes Elements of Yacht Design, mines the...
I'd still do the study Ned, if he two of you are that interested in sailing then a detailed knowlege of the design and engineering of performance...
I would go with Dudley Dix's design, he's been working on his Mini Transat design for quite a while now, has them going well, and this latest...
Good goal to have, in the meantime, join your local library, ask them to get some of the specialist magazines on high performance yachts, get a...
In comparison to other Minis Navman had about 30% more sail area, but also a wider waterline beam and more ballast in the end of the canting keel....
Repair I am assuming that your Noelex 22 is a glass one, and if so it will have been built from glass and polyester resin, so repairs should use...
Go for it, short range races like the Coastal Classic would suit that style, the Minis are somewhat constrained by the stability rules and you...
I would be inclined to keep the boat as near original as possible, they are a well known boat, much loved by many, and any alteration could...
I have not seen a Magic 25 for sale for a while, but there was a reasonably tidy Joker sold not far from here for four grand, registered trailer,...
AC boats One of the things that has not surfaced in this discussion other than a very brief mention, is that the Americas Cup is about match...
