Thanks, thats what I suspected, but its good to be reassured. Well written reply, thanks so much. Cody
I am calculating the number and size of keel bolts I will need for a boat i'm designing. What i'm wondering is if I use say 3/4in bronze and I...
Hi Everyone, It occured to me yesterday after years of looking at traditional teak decks, but more importantly teak veneer decks that I have...
I am going to be building a box section wood mast and boom soon, and am looking for resources on using epoxy and modern techniques. Does anyone...
Thanks a lot guys thats just what I needed!
I have been trying to find a rectangle mast chart online and have come up with nothing. Skenes has a chart for oval wood masts, but nothing for...
Thanks for the input guys. about the flex, it isn't very much, but if i stand on one foot in the bay it will flex maybe an 1/8". I just didn't...
I have recently been looking at a boat that a vague friend of mine has had enough of. Classic, started building it and now doesn't want to finish...
PAR, I recaulculated the sail area using the area of the fore triangle (to the end of the bowsprit) and came up with almost the same number, .8%...
PAR, Thanks for the suggestions, I think you, and others, are probably right in converting to a true skeg configuration. My CE is calculated...
the idea with the small cutout keel is just to reduce a little wetted surface, but still retain some of the seaworthy qualities of the fuller...
Phil, Thanks for the feedback. Initially i designed the boat with a single spreader rig, but to get shroud angles above 10 degrees I had to...
Thanks for the quick feedback guys, Tad, As for the sweep I agree completely my wife and I owned an Ericson 27 which i mounted an oarlock at the...
Hello Everyone, I have been designing the boat that I will someday build, and this is what I have come up with. We plan to use this boat for...
Thanks guys, thats what i suspected, but its good to hear it from someone else, on the downside, my calculations with the keel volume added are...
I am in the process of calculating a the weight of my Keel on a boat I am designing. I got to thinking.... I want the keel to be about 30% of the...
Thanks for the advise As of now I am planning for no inboard, maybe no motor, maybe an outboard. The cutout is just to decrease wetted surface,...
Yes, Buehler is a serious influence. I like his designs but for the most part they are too narrow. I have been considering a ketch rig, but...
Hey everybody, I have reached the point in my design that I am ready to show and tell. I have designed the boat to be a cruiser. Not looking...
I found the center by drawing lines from the corners to the opposite centerline on the triangle. Pretty standard way i think.
