Saw this pop up on my Facebook feed. Must be legally able to work in NZ! Composite & Engineering Drafting Job in Auckland...
Although the "small big boat" factor is nice, to be honest this feels like a bit too much. On a 14 foot boat you really wouldn't want to be...
Sounds like the Hydros hydrocontest. Some videos can be found on Youtube, unfortunately they are very highly edited and don't show how well any of...
I used basically office supply double sided tape which is probably not as good as the "real stuff". It did not stick that well to the luff tape...
Just thought I'd give an update on what I ended up doing. I took the luff tape/bolt rope off up to the top batten and drew a new curve on the...
Have you looked at the Yachting Monthly Senior? Looks similar to your drawing and has been redrawn for modern construction methods.
The problem with vang is it pulls the roach over to windward, right when you actually want twist in light winds. I've put some stiffer battens...
I sail a small one man trapeze skiff (Farr 3.7) and bought a second hand carbon rig for it to update it. I'm having trouble making the sail that...
I would think some kind of scarf overlap might produce a stronger join. A metal band each end of the scarf? There are also these sweet carbon...
A square top main will give better gust response for a given stiffness mast?
Not true. 10 piedi (10 foot) class in italy. Very comparable class to hw store class
First thing I noticed was the steering board on the port side. Screw up or does History Channel know something I don't?
It makes sense to go with as square a rig as possible to get maximum area, and the traditional rigs are more suited to low cost materials.
I'm saying a hardware store wing sail will probably be much better than a hardware store squaretop main. ... and I would totally build the...
It is interesting that so much effort is being put into trying to duplicate existing solutions on the cheap. The completely out of the box lateral...
I made a very basic model a while ago in Solidworks. I've tried to output it to dxf using Rhino3D, no idea if it works. Plans for the optimist...
I've attached a gps track from onboard a Tiki 26 with a conventional bermudan main/jib. This was tacking up quite a narrow channel in Whangarei...
FreeShip works very well with Wine (windows libraries in linux).
MP3 players are always a bit hit or miss. I know you said no phones... You can pick up a very cheap android smartphone now for peanuts. Less than...
Thanks for the reference, managed to buy it online. Very interesting read!
