location of a stern drive and motor will give your weights program fits and you will be forever dragging around your transom. placing the engine...
hire a naval architect to do the design and stop guessing - better yet get yourself a degree in naval architecture so you can do the design and be...
In light of all that has been said --- it still comes down to the loftsman to complete the design process and the nav arch to confirm what was...
So who amongst us is so familiar with the placement of radar transceivers that can quantify what effect the placement of a radar installation...
the size of a "yacht" can only be related to the depth of your pockets -- Onassis had a very healthy pocket book as well as being well...
Since we are talking of a 14 ft boat here and with minimal technology (handled by kids) the double bottom of the Avon RIB's makes good sense. The...
Bless their pointed little heads -- but being rescued by the RNLI does not turn me on -- and if I am in that position, you can be sure I won't be...
Scantlings for Bulkheads -- As I said in previous thread -- they CAN be used for strength. If there is no design need for one then don't put one...
A thought for LBG So what do the plans say about bulkheads -- They are useful to hold the mast partners or the chainplates - They make a fine...
Personally, I would think that it is a nice idea if you are producing a houseboat sitting on a benign body of water, say water and sand with a...
Just as an added note to what Mr JEHardiman has to say --- Check out the current designs that the International 14, 49er, and many of the...
Bulkheads? we don't need no freaking bulkheads, OR do we? Shantyboat going to sea?? -- hopefully that is being metaphorical -- shantyboats, or...
Try more like 78'9" and yes that is large, but not one which cannot be handled by two - I had an 85' TSDY under command for a summer and that...
http://www.eagle.org/rules/downloads/37-ORY.PDF This is the 1994 edition with the changes in the next pdf file
Hopefully you are a student and have not begun to comprehend the enormity of your project. Reading ABS or the MCA Rules for boats of this class...
Surely on foreign shores, maybe he is importing American know-how?? or picking up dropped containers from the sea - whatever it is he is...
Time to go back to the original thread and figure out WHAT he really wants to do with this craft -- Start the Design Spiral on the next cycle --...
Yes that is the one -- notice you can build a house in the capacious cargo hold -- and a roof over it as well --
Then again you might try and locate an LCM 8 -- which is bigger than the LCM 6. These are available yet in many a scrapeyard and with a bunch...
you follow the plans -- where it calls for a staggered weld you stagger the weld and where it is shown continuous you lay it down continuous....
