My 4.27m tinny leans to the right all the time with only me onboard. I have a console just forward of the rear seat. I moved the fuel tank to...
After careful consideration I bought a second hand 16ft Hobbie. Together with the tinnie, my lawn looks like a boat yard! :cool:
Busta 4.2 2012
Thank you all for the response. All valuable. To pick up on a couple of points, my desire is to use the boat to meander around Port Stephens in...
I know I'm crazy but I would like to fit a sail to my 4.27m Quintrex deep v hulled clinker style dinghy. Any thoughts? (not about my mental state...
Channels tend to twist compared to RHS or tube.
Sorry old friend but the photos were taken in Bill Salisbury's orchard off Castle Hill Road, West Pennant Hills. I should know, I took them with a...
Further to my suggestion re three floats, Submarine Tom mentioned bladders which lead me to think about placing separate bladders (perhaps tractor...
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Bad Glennie Where is the madman now?
sculpture 1; waterproof the sculpture. 2; find the c of g to find what amount of boyancy needs to go where. 3; tether the floatation device at...
The original cup was fought out in tea clippers. Wouldn't it be great to see the format change to something more relevant like sail assisted oil...
Hi A.K. Looks like a ***** to sail upwind! Like the colour scheme though.
quite right The pic is of a rocker arm assembly designed to move up and down only.Also, each part has been machined o/o billet and that is...
ally truss beams The beauty of an open truss is just that. It doesn't need to be faired as the resistance, if it should hit green water, is a 1/4...
float support beams Why don't you make open trusses o/o high tensile ally tube?
wingsail multies Look what Lock was doing in the early 70's.
Is my hull shape decent? Answer. At least your bum won't look big in it!
"A" class My eldest has been scanning all my old slides and sent me this gem. It's the scale model I built of Lok's proposed A class. The rig is...
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