There is a daggerboard down most times sailing on this boat, so a kickup rudder is a little after the fact when it comes to hitting something. And...
All good points. Thank you. I may move the gudgeons down a bit to help with the side loading. Generally, with the dagger board down, the boat...
Hi all, I am building a new one piece non-kick-up rudder for my CLC Skerry. I always row to the beach, and don't seem to sail in super shallow...
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I recently bought a copy of TouchCAD from Lundström Design Version 3.6 (updates available free). It was about $2500 with the exchange rate. I am...
Thanks. The boat does not exist yet. Its a concept power outrigger idea I may build in the future.
Thanks. So, a kite? Where I will use the boat (Pacific North West), the wind is not very consistent. Lite to gusty in moments. At this point I am...
Hi All. Imagine a power cat, with displacement type hulls, capable of around 18 knots under power. A fairly small boat, say 30 feet, with...
In sailing versions of this style of boat they have proven very difficult to capsize. So without sails this will be very stable. The outrigger...
Thank you. A number of similar sized and weight catamarans achieve the 15-17 knot top speed with 40hp or less. So I think it is possible. But...
How Much Power For 10-12 Cruising, 15-17 Top? Consider free Yanmar Diesel? I am living in Port Townsend now. A good place to build this boat....
I see now that they are using them on high speed sailing catamarans....
Thank you. Do you know at what speeds these spray rails become valuable? The displacement hull I am considering would be in the 10-15 knot...
On many displacement type power catamarans there is a hull knuckle close to the water line. What is it's purpose? It does not look like enough...
Interesting and thank you. And for a multihull that probably weights less and draws less than your boat to start it would probably work even better.
For me it's a question of efficiency of power. If you have a very high power boat than this idea is not very relevant. But if you are looking at...
longcours62 - Thank you. And is the boat more fuel efficient with them down with the wind on the beam? I assume you pull them up going downwind?
Well I am thinking a powercat designed with daggerboards would not have keels. The draft is not really an issue because you can pull them up....
Interesting. Do you have a picture of them?
How come we don't see any daggerboards on power catamarans? If you had a lower powered displacement catamaran, wouldn't it be more fuel efficient...
