Update on idea and some info on noncommercial trailer lengths... The information immediately above on trailer lengths is not correct. trailer...
Interesting, but... Regarding the amphibious RV, I'd rather have a simple boat, on a simple trailer pulled by a simple truck. Trying to build an...
Dave Gerr designed a similar boat using a a tunnel... The boat was called "Summer Kyle" I believe. It was a significantly wider than trailerable...
Good points... Phil: I was planning to make the hull, stringers, frames and decks/floors out of ply, epoxy and cloth/roving on the outside,...
Very interesting... Gives me some good ideas. It's interesting that most of the designs use a fairly open space floorplan. Sure seems to me...
The canal boat interiors are nice and seem to maximize beam, but... Brian: I really hope to be able to keep the max speed at about 18 mph....
Great input Tom: Understand completely your point regarding the effect of a v bottom on waterplane and submerged volume. I'm sorry I...
Tom - Great observations - Thanks! I understand how the average boater might get in over their head with a 7,500 lb, boat that was 39 ft. long....
I truly appreciate the contributions to this thread... All of the thought and effort that have gone into this post have been most informative....
Roll rate is also affected by Longitudinal CG... As long as you can keep the weights centered as much as possible around the longitudinal axis,...
Understand your tradeoff analysis... Tom: I understand and appreciate your analysis of the tradeoffs size/length force. For myself, I've been...
Richard, thanks for the input I agree with your ideas about the relative differences of transportability and trailerability. At the start of...
Interesting... Will: Your Sliver hull is a very sleek and interesting take on a box keel or pod keel approach. Kind of like a streamlined...
Towing's not a problem wtih long skinny light boats... Will: In a prior career (if you could call it that) I used to build and prep race...
More thoughts and reactions... David, Easy: Really appreciate your contributinos to this thread. David, interesting that our design briefs...
I hope this thread takes off, too. Easy - thanks for the post. I hope this thread takes off too. Rolling resistance is so much less than drag...
This is my first post to this forum, though I've lurked here for a while. I'm a 50 something that never grew up. I've got 11 boats, many of...
