Hi this is a design for a folding pod cat, trailable width 2.2m sailing width 6m. The model is one-third scale. The beams scale up to 90mm...
Hi tris and cats put a lot of bending load on the crossbeams. Its possible to decompose these loads into compression (column) and tension loads...
by 'explicit use' I mean as a design feature. Some current boats may accidentally experience degrees of negative leeway by virtue of using...
negative leeway yacht Just a few comments in relation to the above. I agree the VORs and similar wide-sterned vessels are logical candidates for...
negative leeway vessal The point is that the boat is specifically designed to have its lowest drag when it is 'dragged sideways' , as you put it....
Note that these huge sheeting angles mean that the boat makes a track through the water similar to a conventional vessel. It crabs up to windward...
I've had this idea for a very long time. Basically it involves a keel or centreboard which can rotate relative to the centreline to reduce leeway...
