Oops. I dug out my copy of Craven - it was in storage - and he actually said: "The wedge containing the bow waves invariably makes a perfect 19...
I have been thimking of putting a 25-35 hp outboard in a well or enclosure for a sailboat. But space would be at a premium - so perhaps locating...
Magic Number for Boats = 61.8 ? I stumbled on this notion while reading "The Silent War" by John Craven. Craven was the U.S. Navy's Chief...
I have been thimking of powering a 30-ish-footer sailboat with an outboard of about 25 - 35 horsepower. And not the kind that mounts the engine on...
Two questions... 1. Are the radius panels wedge-shaped. square or both? 2. Dix was talking about his own personal boat and said he thought ply was...
Somewhere I got the belief that radiusing the chine would take some of the snap out of the roll. Is true?
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Southern Ocean and Rudder magazines bpw - I enjoyed hearing from someone who has time in the Southern Ocean. By sheer coincidence I am reading...
MASON Intrepid 31 Thanks PAR. I found out that the correct name for the Mason 31 is the Mason Intrepid. Designed in 1946 for steel, wood or...
Mason 31 MASON 31 Not so much off topic as tangential to it, my latest obsession is the Mason 31 (pictured, I hope). I'm sure the...
bpw: Your post is very thought-provoking. I read it with great interest, especially since you introduce something new into this thread. Every...
I hate to be contentious, Lord knows, but... Sandbaggers weren't really narrow (although some other 19th-century racers were). Mystic Seaport...
So much for the "Mod" part. No one suggested a handy term for this kind of hull. I guess something like "spade-fin" will have to do, even if it...
Firstly, I really did use the Search feature before posting. It just didn't return what I was looking for, even though there are over 11,000...
