Actually off South West England Isles of Scilly - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly
Why not use the truck to provide the propulsion. Park the drive wheels on rollers connected to a propeller. Alternatively connect the rollers to...
Correct To the top of the mast. There is a diagram in the thread I posted in #5 Leopard 42 42' Leopard - Do I Really Need a Double Halyard ? -...
Diagram shown here Leopard 42 42' Leopard - Do I Really Need a Double Halyard ? - Page 3 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums...
I am out of touch these days but I was a member of a small sailing club in the 70s and 80s on the East Coast of England with a complete mixture of...
The fundamental point is the design requirements of a dinghy and a motor boat are different. A motor boat can plane 100% of the time. A typical...
I don't have experience of bonding 2 sheets of ply together but guess it would be better to use 2 sheets of 6mm rather than 4mm and 9mm for the...
When this thread started last August I wondered if we were having our legs pulled but as time went on I realised the depth of research and thought...
I suggest a small hovercraft.
The multi-hulls will have greater deck area for panels so may more than offset an increase in hull resistance.
The final paragraph of the above link is:- "This historical note is added to emphasize how difficult it was to understand the motion of a fluid in...
No disrespect was intended. Feel free to let off steam. Over the last few months on this and your other 2 threads it has seemed to be you against...
Sorry if I hit a raw nerve, “angels” is just a figure speech in hindsight I would replace it with “how important is it”? I do not have a...
Who has ever claimed that gravity is A force. It is proportional to the masses involved so the acceleration is the same for different masses....
Just curious as to what difference it makes whether it is no slip or very slow, or are we in an angels on the end of the pin discussion.
Hi Al, I have only dipped into a couple of videos so far. He uses an App on some videos e.g. Sail Trim, Separation, and Stall [MEDIA] I think I...
Howarth Sailing have a series of tutorials which may help. Sailing Resources – HowarthSailing.ca https://www.howarthsailing.ca/resources/
No need to apologise, I hope you recover quickly.
My understanding is that the co-efficient 0.00256 includes the conversion. I used this formula on Wikihow:- "3 Calculate wind pressure. The...
For the sake of argument assume air is fully compressible in all conditions. Your Swept Volume Theory is based on the analysis of how sails work....
