Any update from another seasons work?
Just so we are all on the same page. The last time I saw you building anything it was big box store common 2x4's sprung onto stations you had...
Awesome, been wondering if an update was going to come down the pike! I haven't got an answer for your questions but have you got a picture of...
Fredrosse, the problem I'm having is that it just looks like you compared two boats that don't function. Once you've got your boats completely...
Fredrosse, so your hypothetical ships are only powered when the sun is shining on them directly, and go completely unpowered from mid evening...
We definitely got sidetracked with the sailing. That's not really a solar question. A larger vessel is more efficient from a cargo*speed/power...
So only purpose built foiling racers are really capable of foiling under sail, can't just slap foils on a regular racer and hope for the best. The...
What studies have you done to determine that that is the ONLY additional cost? The largest sail cargo ships were the windjammers. About 1/40th of...
Employing more people costs more money, not less.
"unorthodox solution" isn't a penalty. Surfing can be a disaster though and can be a high penalty, greatly amplifying the damage done and risk to...
If you have a blunt bow and are sending the water off to the sides at a higher velocity are you going to end up with more pronounced internal wave...
When the hull is acting as a foil and generating lift it's extremely low aspect ratio, so it's water flowing under and around it that's going to...
A boat exists at the interface between two fluids. Modeling it in a volume of air will not give you the full picture. Also, there is a reason the...
He is asking a question not trying to press a position in an ongoing thread. One reason is because the blunt bow provides a lot more forward...
My understanding (which may be flawed) was that cruising cats could get away with a lower Cp because the additional displacement for length made...
It is a measure, it's not the only measure. Ballast percentage is a measure of weight distribution but there is a huge difference between the COG...
The prismatic coefficient is a measure of the distribution of the volume of the submerged hull.
Rather than something super complex, how about a track and carriage with a locking pin on the top of the seat post and the bottom of the seat...
A DIY jet drive would be like a steam powered outboard. You could probably do it, and it would make an interesting conversation piece, but you...
Water jets have been installed such that all of the moving parts were several feet above the water surface. This may not work with all possible...
