Here we go with a yet another dream "pocket' sailboat. This time I wanted it to have standing headroom for 6'-0" person, be self-bailing and...
I would like to discuss and ask for opinion about a sailboat for off-shore voyages and gunkholing at the same time when in shallow water. My first...
I am looking for any opinion. It is supposed to be light composite sandwich hull shown on the attached video (it is h.264 - remove ".avi"...
In my everlasting pursuit of glimmering mirages on horizon, I made up a model for what I think might approximate 6.5-meter racing sailboat. At...
I found this classic on the internet and thought it is interesting to see "pre-box" days of the famous naval architect. It is still practical and...
For your consideration I would like to introduce a dimensionless coefficient which would quantify wetted surface assessment and overall...
I was browsing some threads and notices this one: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/multihulls/hydroptere-61-knots-70-15mph-peak-37448.html and...
I found the attached article on the net and would like to make a model in Delftship software which I will post here. I have difficulties reading...
I am learning naval architecture and as an exercise, I am trying to design a recreational two adults sailing dinghy for lakes, beach and protected...
The title sais it all pretty much... The idea is "a pure recreational warm water swimming by using whatever wind is available in order to propell...
I have a question about truncated waterlines. In computing Cp, can one use imaginary extension of waterlines of the healed hull in order to...
I believe here is a simple device combining "DSS" foil and a keel. I think it should work fine. I am sure it is not more complex compared to two...
In my learning of the boat building theory, I am at the point when I start to think about heeling angles. It is very interesting and as an...
I understand that the ultimate test would be building the actual size boat and sailing it. But being a bit cautious, I would like to build a...
Self-Righting Catamarans I am trying to gather any information on a possibility to have a self-righting catamaran. I am considering any system...
This is a continuation of this older thread: “Huevo” - 12Ft Passage Makerand that thread was parented by this: “Walnut” - a 7-foot dingy In...
My other thread died like a lifeless flower. So, what do I do? I renamed my boat as “Huevo.” The last name “Walnut” somehow did not lived long...
Hello everyone! Here I show the design of a small dingy. There are no options in the size of this boat, it must be within 7'x4'x1.833' I...
Hello everybody. I would like to ask for an opinion about this proof of concept design. The idea is to build a lightweight segmented boat...
