So nobody has any suggestions about the care that is needed? I see a couple comments about proper maintenance but none about what the maintenance...
A line of boats has been built based on this idea. They made a 78, a 97 and a 64' version. It's called the FPB. Or the Dashew FPB. Steve...
Well, I know this is a common method for custom and home builders, but this one was built by professional wood builders, in a production setup,...
Greetings. My past boat was fiberglass, it was pretty maintenance free-- I just cleaned it, replaced zincs and bottom paint and that was about...
Those are way too detailed and way too much data. I am looking for averages across a circumnavigation route, not something that would require me...
Turns out the Kelsall formula is even better. Simply calculate that for every boat, and then sort the results and you can see the long heavy...
Does anyone know of a source, either satellite & buoys or logs from cruisers, of average wind speeds during the typical circumnavigation using the...
Thanks. Googling for Kelsall got me here, which has more than enough for my needs:...
Please respond with formulas and science, not opinions about what boat I should buy. Any boats mentioned are just hypothetical for example...
I believe this is the wrong reason to go electric. You want a fishing boat and you will be fishing and possibly commercially (you mentioned...
Phil, nothing in your comment was new to me. I'm well aware of all of those issues, and its all irrelevant because like the other guy you're...
Been researching electric vessels. Found the Silent 55 which is pretty fascinating. I feel the Tesla of boats is not quite viable yet. But I'd...
That boat is georgeous but if you want to go that route I would go with just that boat and not add outriggers to it. Plus, it seems that is a...
Holy cow, this is an actual production boat. I love it. Really love the way the akas are set up. Ingenious. Mast furling is starting to feel...
For quite a few reasons, I'm not going to be building any hulls, nor significantly modifying any.
Further research. Newick seems to have been on the same wavelength. The original Tremolino plans were for a customer built center hull and Hobie...
Hi there! No, I'm not in florida. I would PM you but this forum doesn't seem to have a way for me to do it. I have an inbox but looking at your...
Zero. I've deleted all reference to solar power or electric drive because it's not really relevant to the question I'm asking and it's just going...
Of course any challenge has tradeoffs. A successful solution is optimizing the tradeoffs for your conditions and the race course. Every pound of...
Greetings all-- ------------------- Let me edit to add right here up front: I'm looking to buy a boat, or at worst buy off the shelf parts that...
