Apologies, it seems like it might've been better to explain my actual scenario from the start here. I had figured that asking for advice for gaff...
Ok so this is what I've come up with: [IMG] So the gaff is a round tube, the jaw is bent round tube (prob needs to be thicker than in the...
Pardon my crude drawing but here are the two options mentioned and I'm now thinking using a tubular section (the bottom one) would be better....
And functionally it might be better to use a bent round tube instead for the jaws, to not have a sharp edge chugging into the mast?
Yeah I don't think anything else than a round extrusion would make sense for the gaff and the boom. What I'm curious about is whether there are...
How would you go about constructing the gaff and the boom in aluminium? Would you weld flat bar bent to a U-shape onto a round tube or do you have...
Good point. Daggerboards would make a lot more sense. What I meant was that you could fix the plate to the correct position in relation to the...
Resurrecting an old thread but I've been thinking about and researching leeboards and this thread was interesting and my question is related to...
Point well taken. If the (imagined) accomodation can take a larger (flushdecked) cockpit area then why not. But the closer to 30 ft you get, the...
Badger and Jester were actually the two I had in mind when writing the original post, of which the latter doesn't fit the sizing requirement. The...
Thanks for your input, seems like we're going after the exact opposites here! :)
Dear BoatDesign.net members, please help me satisfy a curiosity and a pet peeve of mine. I'm looking for cruising saiboats that sport a minimal or...
Since you're discussing the costs of the bermuda rig, what were its (not necessarily unique) advantages again..?
Good estimate, it's around 8% in the second one. Here's ~11.5%: [img] I do have access to a lathe so it looks like I might be the guinea...
Looks like I messed up a bit with my calculations. Disregard my previous sail plan. [img] Back to having the mast in front of the bulkhead. The...
I've put some thought into the sail plan now according to your advice and using PJR, and have come up with this rough sketch so far: [img] The...
Improved wedge design, which should actually work in practice: [img] In a 60x2.5 mm tube the wedge goes roughly 14 cm into the tube before...
Batten shopping! I will have access to a car (to transport the battens and other materials needed) in the beginning of February, so the clock...
It would be interesting to see a statistic on those who go sailing with a junk rig for the first time and their reactions and opinions before and...
I'm going to use regular polytarp for the prototype. Given that I can get it for next to nothing, on a 2.7 meter wide roll, that it will last at...
