Peter I really appreciated the link you sent with all the many designs. I already shared it with some friends. The reason I'm designing the boat...
Thanks to everyone for your input. I have come full circle in my design and am back at the first design I posted. I now feel planing isn't...
What I meant to say was.... My notion is that the boat would only plane when sailed unladen and probably sailed solo. I'm not expecting it to...
Windmill I know the Windmill is quite fast and will plane but the buttocks seems much finer than I would expect. Can anyone explain how the...
Update I found a better drawing of a GV14 and revised my lines a bit (GV14 above the redline my new lines below. Full drawing in Carene below...
Follow Up Thanks for all your comments. I came across this planing pram the GV13 (it's a powerboat I'm hoping that won't matter)...
Thanks for your reply. Why won't it plane and what could I change to help it to plane?
Working on my first boat design in Carene. It's meant to be an easy to build (consistent angles, no rolling bevels) simple sailboat. I'd like it...