There was a short lived electrical boat MR340 but no one ever made it to the finish in the time allotted. I always thought there should be a...
Lost Coddo, Missouri/Missour-uh River or ouemessourita," which means "people of the big canoes". Otoe-Missouria tribe was forced to sell their...
A trailblazer in a male-dominated field: At the time, Kaplan was one of only two women on the 50-person design team for the SS United States,...
I have heard is said that it isn't not the wind that gets you but the waves. I have no personal experience and care not to. According to Harken:...
Information is key to over coming some of the fallacies. Google was founded in 1998 and before that we were struggling to find information...
If you don't have a shop set up for that you will have to do that first or do it on the fly. If so you will have to add the cost of tools and...
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats" " for the days...
Here is his own boat Le Roast Beef Technology and Culture - Boats: Gustave Caillebotte and Curves...
We went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City to see Monet water lilies. But the painting that drew me in the most was this little...
Here is something new to me Supercavitation SWATH Ghost ship forward facing prop. Seems like there some drawbacks like stuff in the props but it...
gonzo, I agree with you, that is what my Catalina has and the bolts are on the shaft. If it were on the key it would crush and deformed key from...
The set screw holds a key way or woodruff key in place. It doesn’t touch the shaft.
Here is ThunderStruck Motors, LLC motor mounting solution with a gear reduction You can custom the shaft size and reduction ratio Home :: Gear...
Just look up how much presser the clamps you are using are rated for. Then do the math. A 3/4” pony bar clamp is about 1000 psi. You don’t have...
Switch the batteries to see if that changes the outcome. Disconnect things and measure the resistance, voltage or amps in the system. The...
Supperwood: Cut in a well ventilated area. I have a Jet 14' Class that is made with a vacuum pressed, hot molded veneers in autoclave. It is...
I reshaped one of my sunfish's daggerboard and rudder that has a parallel mid-body PMB section. Reshaping the leading edge to more of a 3/1...
If you use the proper glueing presser when clamping you will not need any biscuit, splines, T&G... Glueing instruction for PVA titebound Dale...
The link below is from Eric W. Sponberg Naval Architect. (retired) THE DESIGN RATIOS A Naval Architect’s Dozen (or thereabouts) A primer on some...
The Design Spiral in The Principles of Yacht Design by Lars Larsson, Rolf Eliasson, Michal Orych is the first illustration in Chapter 1. It can...
