I own a 18 ft Marshall Sanderling cat boat with a shallow barn-door rudder. The boat is only sailed in deep water and the rudder is mounted with...
several years ago I rigged an 18 ft rotomolded Oldtown canoe with an Onboard rowing rig with 9 ft oars. The Onboard rig had a fixed seat and...
Definitely could not give that boat a pass if I had to do a CG VSE on that rig. You might want to keep a reliable pressure washer handy and hooked...
As alluded to above it can be tricky to get the right combination of design and build factors with a cat boat. Many weaknesses in this area can...
Just saying there are hundreds of Marshall cat boats with more than 800 18 ft Sanderling models built. Some of the used boats sell for ten grand...
So here is an extreme idea. Get hold of a aluminum coffin(pretty dam water tight) and mount it on two pontoons with coffin out of the water. Use a...
Please note my words very small boat. For me that means less then heavy displacement under 24 ft. There are many used boats in the 26-30 foot...
I think a fair approach is to calculate what you have to carry in weight and volume. Then decide on how much leg and swinging room you will need...
The answer to your question is it depends. There are many variables weight-physical size of motor-RPM range-available parts and support-reman or...
stunt vs practical I think when we talk crossing oceans in very small motor boats we are in the realm of a stunt rather than practical. Yes it...
I would think the active bow fins would not need to be very large and could be semi delta with aft sweep. The location would probably allow for...
Par no particular boat in mind. I was just thinking actuated fins have been fairly successful on curbing roll so why not actuated fins for...
Does anybody know if small active fins near the bow of displacement yachts has been used to dampen hobby -horsing? The typical aft trim tabs are...
Cool,Sliver(FL) a leaner meaner Meridian. I will certainly notice it out on the sound.I have been messing with my motor boat at SYC main station...
what happened to Sliver?
When its all said and done the best way to find an economical cruising boat on today's market is to find a 20+ year old moderate sized FG sail...
The best thing that can be said for this boat is that it probably can be tucked in the cargo hold of a 747 for the trans Atlantic hop. So can a...
48+ foot stich and glue.
My 40 year old stich and glue dinghy is still in good shape with no corroded rivets and it is quite lightly built. Good quality ply wood protected...
owned one still do works well. I had mine set up on a 18 ft. racing canoe. Much less hobby horsing. I think they called it an onboard system.