I've been working with epoxy for many years now, and I've yet to find a convenient way to dispense epoxy and hardener from whatever container they...
As an amateur boatbuilder and a sailor, I've designed and built 3 boats so far, with a 4th one on the way. None of my boats were designed after...
Hi, I am building a free-standing new mast for a racing dinghy I built last summer. The mast is 5.5m (18 ft.) long, and carries a bermudian sail...
Hey guys, I am wondering how feasible would it be to build a hollow tapered fiberglass mast by rolling a typical 4" or wider 6 oz. fiberglass...
Hi guys, I have another question about some issues I've been having with fairing the hull on my new boat. It is a 4-meter open-transom sailing...
Hi, I am building a new boat, and for this one I wanted to have a nicely shaped daggerboard and rudder blades, like so: [IMG] I wanted to use...
Hi, I know this is a weird place to ask, but I think I got sensitized to epoxy resin, and no doctor I talked to, had any clue as to what it is,...
Hi, I have another ambitious project for the next summer. I am designing a plywood sailboat which will have a lot of precision joints (puzzle...
Hi, A few days ago I was discussing with a good sailor friend of mine, about the possible solutions for constructing an auto-bailer for small...
Hi, I would like to know your opinions on enclosed buoyancy compartments on wood/plywood boats, especially the issues of the trapped moisture,...
Hi, I am improving on a small commercial application that I made, used for calculating various hydrostatics of hulls designed within CAD software...
Hi, guys, While trying to include a KAPER resistance algorithm in a software that I'm developing, I confronted a problem with one of the...
Hey, guys, There was a poll in this forum section, asking what software you use to design boats/ships. I noticed some of you like to use...
Hey, guys, I'm not sure which section of this forum is most suitable for asking about sailing techniques, rather than boat design, so I posted it...
Hey guys, I'm back to boatbuilding, I'm having a problem with 2 gallons of epoxy that I bought for a new project. I made a test batch, and the...
When it comes to balancing the sail plan to the hull of a sailboat, we all know the basics: Center of Effort, the force on the sail, must be in...
Hi guys, Long story short, I need to calculate how stiff I should build a wooden yard for my lug sail (current yard is too heavy, and obviously...
I've been arguing with a sailor friend of mine for a while now, as we are trying to find a reliable method of sizing a sailboat mast. For wooden...
Hi guys, As always, I did some serious research before writing this topic, which only led to a dead end, but in the off-chance I shamefully...
Hi guys, After this season of sailing, when I had to beat upwind through extremely narrow lake passages, my boat struggling through 100 degrees...