Fresh winds with around 16-24 knots, building to 30 knots in the gusts once the current kicks in in the evening.
We had one of these we called it the Kooler. We used it as a sled in the winter when the kids were little. Hooked it up to the back of the...
Theo Jansen's Strandbeest Many designs, some store presser in 2 liter bottles for emergence used to back up out of the water. [ATTACH] [MEDIA]...
I would like to leave the dock and return under electric power and for emergency usage and longer cruises use the internal combustion engine. Like...
Last year we had a Catalina 34' MK1.5 sold out from under us. We really liked the walk through sugar scoop transom. I have found some older MKI...
Hello again, Can I use the roll period of a 1:4 scale model for the Approximated GM Calculation? GM=(0.44*WL Beam)/(Roll Period in Seconds) Or a...
Hello, I have been looking for information on Hull, Deadwood, and Lead Displacement Curves for line drawing for some time now without success....
A giant in his field. Frank W. Butler Yacht designs have given me many a great adventures. Frank Butler Obituary - Westlake Village, CA...
Good Evening, Kind of late in finding this out but. Does the Total Sail Area calculation just use a 100% jib only? (I and J) I have just been...
Hello, I am having difficulty with my S# input formula in Excel spreadsheet. S# = 3.972 x 10^[-DLR/526 + 0.691 x (log(SAD)-1)^0.8] Here is my S#...
I would like to test my 1/4 scale model with tell tales in a wind tunnel but don't know the pressure flow measurement to simulate water flow...
I have been read about long keels, most of what has been written about NACA foil # would be about fin keels or air plane wing foils. I have over...
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Hello, Here are a couple photos of my 1/4 scale model of a 16’ LWL & 27.5’ LOA, 2752, D/L 299.95, S/D 29.74, B/n 1.382,WS 122.95, 1300 lb. of...
Hello, I have been designing and building furniture for a while. Change to sailboats design and build. I awoke last night and laid there think...
Latest in green power, chickens power! Cheep cheep to run. Much faster than estimated. Nothing but feathers and wood splinters left on the...
Hello to all, I have been designing and building furniture for 30 years in my shop and now starting up a design and build small wooden sailboat...
