Hey Wayne, I guess you hit the spot with the math formula, I just have a hard time visualizing how to put it in practice. Once I have the...
Hey guys, I can't seem to understand how to come up with developable lines. I read and reread posts on the forum, I understand tangents, radians...
another side of this is that french architects have not stopped designing "deriveur integral", by that I mean ballast at the bottom of the hull,...
good point Tspeer, but i got the boat dirt cheap and realistically, with a good keeljob done, it would still have cost me less than half of a...
fiberglass, airex core
are you talking about a windvane self-steering system?
Hey guys, thanks for the input. I talked to an architect that's talking me into putting a keel in the boat that would protect the rudder,...
Hi everybody, need a little advice here. I have a 37' IOR racing design sloop from the early 80's that I'm converting to cruising. These boats...
My rudderstock is already hollow from the previous retractable system... Do you know of any examples that I could see online of that kickup...
How do you activate the mechanism too? The ones I know are "normally up" and you rotate them down into place. Would you suggest a cable in the...
Thanks for the answer guys, I knew 300 pounds was ridiculous! My rudder is under the boat (see pic), not hung from the transom so (correct me if...
I have a 1981 Heritage one-ton sloop that has a centerboard that slides down vertically through a trunk. The rudder was originally designed so...
Hi, can anyone tell me where's the best place to vent the fuel tanks on my 38 feet sailboat? Somebody at a marine store told me High on the...
Hi, the previous owner of my sailboat changed the deck of the boat while it was sitting in dry storage and drilled a 3/4in. diameter hole at the...
Thanks for the insights, that was exactly what I needed to know. Was quite a bit busy in the last couple of weeks since I bought the boat
Hi everyone. I have the opportunity to buy a 38 feet racing sloop, with a daggerboard (sliding up and down, not a pivoting centerboard) from...
