Speaking of not being too wet does this freeboard seem correct? At the bow the deck is 1.7' above the waterline and at stern the deck is just over...
Thanks for that, Ill lower the transom and decrease the draft. What do you mean by "expanding the season and wind range"?
Can I also adjust the location of the center of lateral resistance by moving the centerboard? Does it matter how far aft I put the centerboard? I...
I adjusted the displacement of one hull to carry ~350 lbs at the dwl. Sailhand mentioned lateral resistance, but I don't know how to calculate...
I am messing around with the displacement at the DWL, and I don't know how I should divide it up between two hulls. Say I have a 350lb total...
Yes. I don't mean close as in purposefully lowered, I meant as by design a smaller boat will be lower to water surface. I think I will attach the...
200 lbs was just the boat. For the total displacement I expect about 350. I'll start making adjustments to this number.
I looked a little into weights of similar cats, and I expect to around/less than 200lbs. I don't mind getting wet, in fact I almost think it is...
| Draft -| Trim -|- Lwl ---| Bwl ---| Vol ---| Displ --| LCB -| VCB --|- CB ----| AM...
That's odd, I was able to open the file on a different computer. Ill attach pictures instead. I also included a screenshot of the calculations...
How about now?
I think I have a good base to work from now, but I don't know what I need to do to polish up the design. I hope I'm not being too much of a bother...
Thats odd. I was able to open it on a different computer after I downloaded it from the thread. I added some faces so Ill upload it again
I spent some time messing around with freeship. I attached what I have so far. I made it look somewhat like the pics sailhand sent for now, Ill...
Thanks for the info, I realize I used the wrong word. The 18" is the distance from the deck to the keel, not from the waterline to the keel. When...
My expectations are low, I don't see it going very fast. I don't really have any plans for the result because I have never built a boat before;...
Its not for racing, its just for fun so it doesn't need to be super fast. I don't have a set speed in mind, but faster is better.
It is not meant to be submerged to the deck line, that would only happen if there was a mass of ~620 kg resting on both hulls. Looking at other...
I made a forum post earlier giving some details about a catamaran I plan to build...
Thanks for all the replies. I don't really want to build a someone else's design, but I am grateful for all the samples I can look at and take...
