I'm guessing that the capsize lever is the distance between the centroid of the superstructure and the centroid of the underwater structure.
The portage is part of the Ultimate Florida Challenge, not the Everglades Challenge: WaterTribe Events https://www.watertribe.com/Events/Default.aspx
That is the perfect location for initial contact with the beach, but that can usually be dealt with if you are willing to slow down, step into the...
Very few materials really stand up to sand. Diamond, sapphire. Even steel doesn't really stand up to sand, it just abrades slowly and what comes...
A monohull's rig often contributes half or more of the rotational inertia, which is what reduces the roll rate. For a multihull, the rig makes a...
Phil Bolger drew hulls with square cross sections, made bottom and side curvature the same, and was surprised by how well they sailed. The...
Rob Denney swears that resin infusion can be made to be quicker than a plywood build, and gives you a longer lasting hull. See Intelligent...
Thanks for the correction, and an informative post. I only know enough to be aware that aluminium needs some treatment for bonding, not enough to...
There is no magic to it. The wind speed going to zero is irrelevant because it is not the wind driving the wheels of the cart through a turbine,...
How large a proportion of the total cost goes to hull materials depends on the vessel. If you build a six hour canoe, then materials cost may...
It seems to me that is quite relevant experience. If you want something more specific to your plan, the Galeón Andalucía is available for sail...
Aluminium conducts electricity fairly well, and so has a pretty good chance at safely conducting a lightning strike into the sea, especially in...
In an old AYRS publication, I saw mention of sprung plank beams for multihulls. Cut two identical plywood planks, tapered if you want to....
I wanted to check and read again 57 replies that responded directly to artis' proposal, rather than something else. By my subjective criteria: 30...
Going from "He considers radical solutions to his wife's problem with seasickness" to "He hates his wife" seems a bit of a leap, even if you judge...
Then I think an amphibious trailer towed behind any bike that you can get into the trailer would be a better solution. Propel the trailer across...
You know that question is catnip, don't you? Expect some excited pouncing, and people taking you at your word. I certainly intend to, but I'll...
I didn't find that graph of how motion contributes to seasickness. I searched a bit, and found this: "Measurements of vessel motion and...
John Shuttleworth covered that in a talk available on his web site, complete with equations: Considerations for Seaworthiness...
I should have been clearer: I didn't mean to imply that it is a good sail, just that something like what artis plans has been tried and...