Sterns have been getting wider and flatter since the mid 1980s. Before then the idea was that the water should be brought back together at the...
Dead again now.
The Oz Goose will carry that ... we use the boat for two adult students plus an adult instructor. Boat still has good gust response even in very...
Some additional on sail settings in light of racing the Geese over the last 5 years. Not that we got much racing in last year. Grumble. The...
As of April 2020 it is running again. It stopped working under windows 8.1 or windows 10 for a long time. Even with lots of fiddling with the...
It stopped working under windows 10 for a long time. But as of April 2020 it is running again. Even with lots of fiddling with the compatibility...
"The bad tack" theory is wrong. Let me explain specifically. We have 70 odd Oz Geese sailing in the Philippines now. There is regular racing....
Lug rig is favoured option for distance events with large area on small mast. Mast can be dropped for passing under the numerous bridges in the...
Boat comes up with less than 5 litres of water aboard.
Plenty of stability from 40" beam. note bow raises to keep out of trouble as speed increases without the crew moving aft. There are two laminate...
Started at the Boatshow a week ago two Violas are being built in parallel. The boat is extremely minimal to keep weight at 75lbs for the hull.
Four canoes three days in the Netherlands.
Balsa Canoe Article has moved and had information added. [IMG] How to Lightweight – Balsa Canoe strip planked 12lbs (5.5Kg)...
Howdy, I've posted a lot of information about Paulownia including using for framing for lightweight dinghies and strip. Another use is framing....
Article is now at | How to Lightweight – Balsa Canoe strip planked 12lbs (5.5Kg)...
Problem with small boats, of course, is the lack of man/personpower. It's a lot of fun to play around with smoke trails or readouts, but if you...
This probably describes the reason why older boat designs tended to be very type formed. To avoid both logarithms and problems that could not be...
There are two general approaches it seems. (I'm very interested in any experience otherwise because that would ideal). I've used both. One is...
I did like the Knud Riemers quote about what is required to be a yacht designer ... a sharp pencil and a clean white shirt. This is not...
I've used a few different ones. But mostly I use hullform which is now public domain. The observation about the deviations from the computed...