I suppose it is a given that twin engine boats with semi-vee hulls will have engines paired on or about the centerline for dynamic balance. I...
My brother is in a wheelchair, but is buying a house with river frontage on the Severn River (MD) and is looking for a motor-cruiser that could...
most pontoon boats based on aluminum cylinders of similar diameter are bridged by Z girts. your 1" square tubing is too easily bent to be of much...
looks hellishly unstable at speed.
The hull and motor are 1200 pounds, according to my mechanic, who has a scales. Seems light to me. I thought he was dreaming too, but I won't know...
I would agree that dynamically loaded structures can be difficult to figure accurately, so work in shorthand. In any case, I was considering a...
I looked, and the only stamping on the stainless tag on the transom is the 5 digit serial number, so, the hull predates the 1973 rule noted above,...
in general, rectangular tubing is more useful in a dynamically loaded structure in which space for structure is at a premium. if you provide us...
Last year I had a courtesy tour of the front end of a Los Angeles class boat at the New London CT Sub Base where my son is stationed as a 2nd...
the HIN on the documents I have from MD and PA both say 43670, 1969, 16'8" x 6'5". I will take a rubbing of the aluminum tag, as it was longer...
the tank is from a bayliner. it is a standard marine tank, and I intend to mount it to a treated plywood cradle with appropriate rubber damping,...
the HIN is a strip of aluminum that is riveted to the transom, hence my question. anyway, I am planning to strip the existing interior and redo...
bought this for a song last week, and have been told it is a '69 silverline, but cannot find any photos of similar boats on the net. the only ID...
modern boats usually have only one "bulkhead", separating engineering (rear of boat)from operations (front of boat). operations usually has a...
older boats had "pointy" bows, and spent most of their time on the surface. modern boats have rounded bows and spend most of their time...
sail is the current term for the vertical compartment on a submarine. my son is navigator on a los angeles class boat somewhere out there......
a trolling motor will bloody your fingers at 1st speed setting if your battery is any good at all.
Cast steel comes in a wide variety of control specifications. In USA this is covered by ASTM. ASTM A27 is a cheap, low grade steel casting, often...
The other advantage of barge type wooden or steel skin hulls is that you can lower your floor in them to waterline while retaining significant...
your design is very similar to the 16X20 I am planning to build beginning summer 2017, so I have considered the question thoroughly. Messabout...
