Just the smallest mistake in the model will set all testing way out of truth. Models are not toys for back yard hobbyists.
Hi Des, obviously you are designing your own cat. It is my case any way. The behaviour of the boat will be much dependent on the profile and shape...
Hi Cavalier. You only have to own a timber boat and live in the Wet tropics to change idea. The structure would give you more then some point of...
Gday Silver Raven. Nice location yours, not too far from the city and dry country. It might be some trouble to get the material send over from...
I'm in Ravenshoe
I just bought 10M of uni-directional glass- fibre from former FGI and got shocked at the price being about 3 time the cost of 12 months ago....
Very interesting approach Groper. I'm not too far from Cairns an'd love to see it in real life. You could also be interested in seeing my...
Hi Boatguy. Are these the current prices for glass-fibre in the States? Cheers.
I've used epoxy left on the shelf for about ten years and it was ok. I bet yours is still alright. Don't open it unless you are ready to use it
If you are pleased to go any where in the world, take a look at this...
The design looks insane to normal mortals as us, but take a look at some pics of Dubai an you might find that somewhere else, some people have...
Good day Paolo. I am an engineering pattern-maker, served my apprenticeship with SIAI Marchetti, aeroplane makers in Italy. Had an engineering...
It seems remarkable all right. Was there any sign of marine grow as barnacles or oysters on that aluminium? It might not be relevant to this...
As a precaution, I added a “snapper forehead” or extended buoyancy. That should help preventing pitch-polling when running in following seas.
This clay model is the first attempt to visualise the ends of the Wave Piercing Out Rigger I want to make. WPOR sounds like a good name for this...
Too right
The more things progress the more they go backwards. Waive piercing might be a modern concept for as, but the savages did work it out a long time...
All too right. I wouldn't go for totally immersed hulls. I would go for waive piercing, keeping in mind that the goal here is to envisage the best...
I am a patter maker, and have a fully equipped workshop, complex shapes are no limit to me. And yes I have the right accent for the job. ;)
As a engineering patter-maker I can only stress out that accuracy and fussiness in every detail is a mast, when making a model for testing. That's...
