Wow, 1,200 horsepower, 60 gallons per hour fuel consumption? Your clients must be very rich.
As to the question: "How to reduce skin friction?" There is an implied presumption in this question that skin friction is the most important...
Agreed. Funny thing, $5/gallon diesel fuel costs changes everything when it comes to power boating!!! Also be aware of the extensive work...
Most plywood panel boats have variations of three possible hull forms. The three panel, four panel, or five panel. More than five, then it...
The design on pg6 of _Small Boats_ is Poohsticks, a very early Bolger design. It has similarities to the one sheet kayak at the top of this...
bolger book Probably the best Bolger book to start with is his book "Boats with an Open Mind", ISBN 978-0070063761 I could be mistaken, but...
I live in California, and built a 31 foot boat in a 20 garage by removing the back wall with a Sawsall.
The shape is simple enough that it could be built through lofting the lines given above. No, to my knowledge there is no website selling all or...
Long Light Dory, Bolger design 526 Bolger did a 19'6" stretch of the Light Dory, named #526, 'Long Light Dory' [IMG]
Those windows are made from polycarbonate. The exact same plastic used with supersonic jet cockpit windows. I used this material in the...
I also own a Micro, and agree it works exceptionally well. The Micro has curved sides where the Brick has straight sides, this is a big...
No dispute, the Brick is seen as ugly by many people. But, water doesn't care about ugly. That said, the Brick has a deeply curved bottom with...
Sawsall and a dumpster is the way I disposed of my last boat, though beware that dumps typically charge by the pound, and my dump fee totaled...
I ran some quick numbers and (if I understand you) a boat 13 feet long, 3 feet wide with 1x12 sides would hold about 220 lbs with a waterline at 6...
I agree this can happen. By the way Magwas suggests, and also if you have used the menu to create a stand alone point. (Menu: Point|Add.)...
A third possibility is that the draft of the boat is set so that the boat is either entirely submerged, or entirely in the air. See the Menu item...
I can't say I have exact experience with that type of leak point, but I have a hunch that the issue might come from the "use for hydrostatics"...
