The only thing I have ever heard was from my days at Bertram. Our designer there told me they changed from the ones along the butts because they...
Rick, Interesting videos on the bikes. I am familiar with recumbents, but didn't realize how fast some of them were going now. I ride a few...
Different folks have different capital available and differing needs for return. I could see a small boatyard wanting to build 6-8 of these a year...
Wow, I just read 13 pages of this thread in one night! To start off, I don't think the world is coming to an end because I have A/C in my house,...
I don't know how many molds are involved, but tooling up a hull mold, a couple of deck molds, maybe stringers and then some small parts today...
Try Draphix, they still sell them.
There are very few books dealing with planing hulls. Other than the couple already mentioned, you may want to find a copy of High Speed Small...
What drives me crazy is when I export to my CAD program and it tells me the surfaces don't intersect. Then I check the numbers and it is off by...
I use Gerr's book for double checking my calcs on small wooden boats. I also use it to help size things like chine logs and stems as I have never...
My client actually used spray glue to glue the patterns to the frame plywood and then just cut them out. Made it really simple to set-up his...
I use CutePDF as well and have made full size patterns with it. If you don't get all the information you should on the pdf file, check the...
My own thinking follows closely what Darron suggested. I tend to use them for spray control, so I don't put them too close to the keel for fear of...
The big problem with multihulls for fishing is the height of the cockpit and coamings. To wire a billfish, you need to be able to reach over the...
Hi Bert, Thanks for your help. I had already looked at that section and it wasn't there. I just went back and double checked and still can't find...
I have been playing with Freeship 2.6 a little bit and I have imported a hull using a text file. The hull looks correct but when I run the...
Maybe it's just me, but none of these boats look like true Jersey Sea Skiffs or Sea Bright Skiffs. Their keels are much too pronounced. In fact,...
I believe if you meet all the ABYC rules, you should be fine with the Coast Guard. You will find our rules to be much simpler than ISO or some of...
Fiberglass Boat Design and Construction by Robert J. Scott (Published by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers). May be able to...
In a boat with ply stringers, the plywood does the bulk of the work. In a foam/honeycomb cored stringer, the glass does the work. In fact, the...
I think the problem is too many people wanting too much stuff in their boats. The only way to fit all the junk is to make a big, multi-layered...