Good Evening, I'm looking at a boat to yank its engines and jets. Plan is to build a utility style boat with high speed potential around the...
Now I helped my father (partially as I grew up) rebuild an old buyboat that's been all over the East and Gulf Coast in the past 20 years. She's...
[ATTACH] Hahah I like the last paragraph! Other than being dusty, you can see her currently. Not the best pictures of the bottom, I know and that...
So a quick background piece- as I think you noted, she is double planked but being so long and narrow, yes, she is longitudinally, but what's an...
You know, I was thinking about that. I also thought about just taking the two layers of playing off and starting with 1/8" ply and building a...
Yes yes. I read through that. That thread was OK though- it was old and the guys just argued a lot and weren't really all that productive in their...
I agree with what you've said, however, I figured I'd keep the glass to a minimal mainly because I don't want to lose the lines of the vessel....
Good Afternoon, Starting with a 55'x10.5' wooden New York Commuter, she's framed roughly every 14" and double planked. Having not yet gotten...
I've seen the workboat article. Very good piece indeed- and it was what got me started with the rounded bilge issue (although on a monohull)
Yes agreed. My poor choice in wording. Let me go try working some magic.
Thanks for the reply. I've seen talk about it with catamarans but I guess the formula I was seeking, and maybe I didn't ask correctly, is a...
Both are very true and I agree. Throughout much of my recent studies (past few weeks), I've read hundreds of declassified military, Boeing, and...
True. And although not perfected, I figured that during most of the time on foils, the props would be pretty darn close to not fully immersed or...
BlueBell- I haven't been able to find much on any retracting foils- thus I didn't pursue it very far. A friend of mine has a BERMUDA 40- the...
Good Afternoon- Looking to put some horizontal "fins" on a bow. I assume these would have applicable hydrofoil lift characteristics if they were...
Well not worried so much with the prop striking an object- that could happen to the foils too- but more so if the boat is run slowly through mud,...
I've been thinking about the telescoping foil concept. My only concern with these has been two-fold: 1. Electronical failure resulting in either...
Gonzo- yes my method for correct that was two-fold. 1. The current rudders on the boat are not deep and if the boat flew right now, they would...
Well that's what I'm trying to decide. The CG would be in between the V foils and if the transverse foil were to be generating less lift per...
I'm a little confused what you're looking at it. My second drawing (similar to yours) allows for two "v" foils with a center foil. The center foil...
