Perfect Chopper I think you are asking for a Rafiki 37 or the even more rare True North 34. Stan Huntingford drew them based on the NW cost...
Why not ask on the Freedom board..... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freedomyachts2003/
You can't sleep in the back of a Porche and you can't bring a couch along to sleep on, nor tow a boat to go gunkholing in either. And Porches have...
The Devil is in the details.... As the saying goes.... The best car I ever owned was a Peugeot 505 Turbo Wagon. The only things that broke on...
Swim platform A swim platform could do tripple duty. Swim, motor and extend the waterline.
waterballast Water ballast can be made self leveling by drilling a series of small holes at the waterline:idea: If the waterline is raised it...
The lifts use straps - wouldn't that be better for the hull?
"Sail Drive" Some boats use the Volvo sail drive type setup others use a Outboard in a bay. You could probably build a bay for an outboard on a...
Twisting forces ? Has anyone calculated the all the forces on these things. It seems to me that as long as they are the seas would push, pull....
Crab Claw sail I read an article some years ago in one of the British magasines that the Crab Claw sail shape might be the most efficient....
Are the Macs Whale-Boats? When they sail like that they look like a whale and the stick is pointed down like a harpoon. Maybe when the whales...
To MacKid068 Is the first poem about an upside down catamaran? How about a blues (you work on the rhyme): I went for a sail ...............
James Wharram has desined some fine if unconventional boats: http://www.wharram.com/ If you don't plan to sail over the edge of the world with...
We get a lot of short steep chop and confused seas among the Apostle islands where I sail. Too many of the powerboaters have miserable runs back...
If string theory is correct... then any form of wave based propagation is likely to turn out to be the most efficient because it is likely to...
I would agree that simplicity is great but looking at the map of Kansas I see a lot of interesting reservoir lakes most most of which follow river...
Thats the Powerball question. It really depends on how the whole boat balances. A navel engineer should really do the math but as much as you...
To balance a rudder you can extend it forward of the axis of the hinge, like this (ignore the underscores) _x _x _x _x xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx...
Fresh thinking. I am not an expert on anything including traditional boats but I just sailed a brand new "old" workboat of the size you want (it...
You can get a serviceable bigger jib for $50 from Bacon & Associates - don't spend until you have the problem solved.
