The ploy will be to have the stern of the EScow off for mooring, and on for racing. I believe there is enough EScow aft of the rudder posts and...
Mast loads are all driven by righting moment. The mast needs only be strong enough to tip the boat over. How much it bends before it hits the...
This is such a special circumstance! I don't think there is an existing answer. The most exciting option might be to build a stretched Raven. I...
Your best bet is to find a wood E Scow. They are only 2 feet longer than your specification, are have centerboards and are definitely planing...
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If you can put up with a keel, the 210 is probably a very good solution. Design is old enough. There are still some woodies. Are generically...
All this about plan form misses the single most important thing about roach on full battened sails. The load path is from the head to the clew....
The boats with "fuller lines in the bow" have most of the fullness above the waterline. For example John Gardner's modification of LFH's 17'...
We can say unequivocally : Longer is better than shorter. Lighter is better than heavier. Smooth is better than rough. You can tell the...
If you like glass, you will love Kevlar. A ply of 70 g/m^2 hits way above its weight. SHC
Bob Oram: If you like glass, you will love Kevlar. A ply of 70 g/m^2 hits way above its weight. SHC
The design of spray rails is, like everything else, a subject in its own right. People get PhDs and publish professional papers on these subjects....
The two gods of wood catamaran building Skip Banks and Terry Richards ( Patient Ladies IV & V) didn't put hatches in because they figured if the...
There isn’t any rule of thumb guidance for that can be given for this kind of thing. You have to actually calculate the strength and stiffness of...
It’s a chine. It will not improve your boat. In order to deflect flow, the chine has to be at an angle to the flow. All you will be doing is...
Chines are given credit for all sorts of benefits, few of which are attributable to the chine itself. When you build with sheet goods, plywood or...
Speculation is futile. ETS wing main spar was not built with TPT. Garden variety pre pregnant according to my recollection. The wing was brutally...
We may have exchanged thoughts on another forum with regard to a 25' version of an AC50. If not I offer the following: There is nothing inherently...
An important input is your impression of how the boat handles with the current board. Does the boat make excessive leeway? Is it hard to hook up...
Maintaining a constant chamber chord ratio is typical, but not always done. SHC
