It was worth a shot. Long odds.
Macbeath, At first I dismissed your idea of a presence at this years Wooden Boat Festival. The experience of the last couple of years clearly...
Three reasons: I limited the "fix" to the available, standard length of 8 feet for a sheet of plywood, trying to place it optimally. Hull...
The 2016 BLUE HERON The Blue Heron was designed and built to HW600 specifications. 5mm “underlayment” plywood, ¾ inch #3 pine, a couple of 2x4s,...
Where, in your judgement, would you draw the line between trailer and car top? It would have to be weight. Geometry is fixed by the "box". Both...
That's the mono class without the "hollows" restriction, and that is not a bad idea.
If that is so evident, why hasn't anybody done it? There are plenty of mono hulls in the neighborhood of 14x5, maybe 5+, but no cats. And if it...
Do you know of any catamarans within our mono-hull box rule that would out-sail a mono hull built to the same rules?
What is a "hollow" and what is the point of this rule?
The 3mm Okoume they advertise on their web site is $57.80 a sheet. They don't show, or I couldn't find, WBP Okoume at $17. ???
macb., you worry too much. The product I used is "IronPly", $20 at the Home Depot. Pricey for underlayment but still only about a third of...
macbeath, go ahead and use your Snipe rig. There are only two of us in the game right now, building, and we really can't afford to exclude anybody...
You are essentially voiding your original rules, as per this quote from page 34: "B. Construction method is wide open, but should be suitable...
Thank you, sharpii2. Too bad we don't have more people building. On the bright side, there are two of us in these parts with essentially completed...
The new and improved BLUE HERON Re-configured, re-built, re-rigged and ready to race. Allright, maybe another shakedown cruise first.
Another Flavor Here is my current (third) mast I built for the BLUE HERON. The trapezoidal piece in the middle of the cross section is one of a...
Pretty cheeky thing to say on a thread, entitled, "New low cost 'hardware store' racing class".
You can spend up to USD600 and your sources must be available to anyone. No ambiguity here.
Richard, you just created a loophole big enough to drive a dinghy through, rigging and all.
The success of this class depends on people with the initiative to build. Cost, while a challenge, is not an obstacle. I completed the BLUE HERON...