As someone who has swept spreaders and running backs, I’d vote against either: swept back spreaders mean your main will be plastered all over...
complexity!? We had an L7 tri slider, and it was not easy to slide in practice. It seemed easy until you actually had to do it.
the videos I’ve seen show them dragging quite a bit with water coming over the top.. I like the idea though. A DSS type approach might be...
[MEDIA] There’s also a thread here on BD.net Smith’s Trimaran
A video of my sailing canoe with wooden hiking wings (I know….. one more time…..:rolleyes:) that offered more float than I thought as you can see,...
Oops, Solway Dory Mini outriggers - Open Canoe Sailing Group https://www.ocsg.org.uk/sailing-canoes/mini-outriggers/
You’ve just got to love the Redwing class, influencing our Amati in a big way.
The sailcloth industry must love scows…. ( And somehow it’s nice that something intuitive to our quantum adapted brains still escapes...
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Open sailing canoes have been messing with ‘mini outriggers’ for a few years. I think Selway Fisher? They don’t make capsizing impossible, but...
Logo 32 by Pogo, apparently 10 knots at 1 gph. For years I’ve been reading that this isn’t possible. What gives?? here’s a video of a review...
Le Cigar Rouge? VDH’s open 60 yawl IIRC, the idea was floating around, don’t know if they actually tried it…. We were having Amati designed in...
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Vingt et un, Crane design (early 20th C), might be interesting, if you can find the line drawings. 26 mph (knots?) from 21 hp. Double ended, I...
The Laser uses a line as a traveler. I think the term ‘bridle’ is an old term for it? Spelling? Anyway, might save some line, sheet from the...
Neat boat- what is it? Anyway, How about a setup like a Laser with a bridle? Might save some line. (Unless I’m understanding your line drawing...
Kind of reminded me of Sebago, (~ same size) with the possible advantage of light air ghosting without the amas in the water +some sort of self...
+-? (IIRR, Julian Bethwaite & a mystery South American designer posited this.)
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[ATTACH] Fitting in a 40’ container invites all sorts of shenanigans- but weighing the same? Displacing the same? Same accommodations?...
