It would have pressurised air chambers like an inflatable pvc SUP and fold down like a {carbon} dorsal fin..sucking the air {or gas or...
The interesting thing about ferro cement is that as it ages in seawater the various oxides at play tend to preserve each other so neutralize if...
This is a remarkable craft,, it is rare to see an aesthetic from a classic designer and then do it justice in practice.
There's a tri described as a day sailing /expedition 30ft on FB marketplace ... 2008 custom trimaran. beauty point Tas. You may find it an...
Check that the decks of the hobie are sound , choose the lightest hulls if there's a choice of hobies, the glass delaminates and reacts...
Are you getting at a Jubilee or a shortened Soling with leeboards that act as foils, a stubby mast,,positive buoyancy and a perspex bulb to sit...
Have you utubed the bloke that crossed Bass Strait on a laser? It is amazing and shows that it is more about seamanship,,planning and fitness...
It is possible to have a self righting catamaran as the examples shown by KJL38 show. Either the sail [and perhaps chambers in the mast...]. is...
I haven't given up, still smitten with this but hankering to actually get out in the water. Everything is paid up, licence, fees etc. I read the...
This thread caught my messabout backyarder eye, having baffles could make building the tanks a bit easier, and mb safer when filling[?], if that...
Congrats on the new tri SolGato, please excuse my ignorance but what is it?, and if you could establish what the difference is between setting...
The dagger boards probably line up with the sail centres but they're a long way back, one unique cat .
I missed a $6000 9.2 tri that looked a lot like a fixed beam Farrier, made of a composite including balsa and timber core old multi, , it created...
Delrin O rings or slides[?] and being able to split /loosen the centre /largest tube would be good for cleaning or if it jammed and shouldn't...
Old Venetian/slat horizontal blinds .
There was a 45[?] or 60k summersault in WA a few months ago, way way out of my league ,..ha A 6.5k sold during lockdown, a really sound cheap...
I saw it , nice bloke, it just needs a clean I don't know what the castings are like.
I'm fascinated by design , and you folk identify, discuss and often solve issues, so fix s**t I can afford, then sail.. Newick boats have...
On the trailer would require winching, My guess is that the floats would be partially open position entering and leaving the water. I haven't put...
The model just lashes the intersection together , if a fibreglass mould was fabricated instead the top half[cap] of the section of the pivot...