Can anyone explain the article? The diagrams seem to indicate crew moving one way, whilst the description say crew are moving the other. (There...
Any threads here on planing amas? I’m doodling another sailing canoe, using sails, foils, and spars I have cluttering the shed and garage. I did...
After experiencing the joy of electric propulsion after a refit of our uldb sailboat 40er, with a Torqeedo 48-5000 and a cruise 10.0 it has become...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] How much? For example, Dart 16, Dart 18, Hobie 16
Spent some time trying to find an existing thread on this, but no joy, so… now that class 40 design has reached a point where -sailors are...
(If this has been discussed before, please forgive and link?) Why does it work so far aft? Even on the classic low riders. The helm stands on or...
I’m toying with turning an L 7 into a catamaran: I have a lovely new Phil’s foil db, and a very nice large rudder- anybody have experience with...
Anybody know who made the pultruded fiberglass beams that Mike Leneman used for the L7 trimaran? I’ve tried emailing him, but no response.
Has anyone done a V boom (can go by the name ‘canoe’ ‘Park Avenue’ or ‘trough’ boom) using a carbon tube with ply wings? very roughly like this...
Starboard Phantom Batwing: http://www.star-board.com/2012/products/boards/index.php?id=phantom Layden Paradox:...
Specifically Man O War marine spar varnish. It has turned globs of TB3 semi transparent. Has that been covered anywhere here? The TB3 had...
If anyone knows, What primer/sealer will stick to Titebond 3 / silicone bronze / Joubert 4mm Okoume? Urethane? (I know it's an epoxy centered...
So, reading Chris's 3 rule (well, he told us 2 of them) class over on foiler design, I remembered that I too came up with a sailboat rule, a few...
Has anyone tried attaching a self tacking track to their normal jib tracks? The the leverage of vertical legs from the longitudinal tracks up to...
I've been searching for a couple of hours now, and I can't seem to ask the right search question to; what kind of design solutions have been come...
If any of you haven't seen it already, our Cruising Sled Amati made into 'Yacht Design According To Perry"!!! So did Nightvision!!! I'm...
What wind speed number do you use when figuring the chord Reynolds Number of a mainsail when it is being inflenced by a jib? Freestream?...
I was going through some old Seahorse Magazines the other day, and came upon two pieces they did on the Catamaran Stars & Stripes (the America's...
Anyone know of a good resource or thread here or elswhere that deals with the where and how of where biplane theory meshes/morphs/interacts...
