As usual, you need to think about what you are going to do with, or how you are going to use, the boat. If you are going offshore and/or world...
More likely that the elimination of the side deck means that you can have full sitting headroom to the outside of the hull without cricking your...
I'll start with an anecdote which is supposedly true. A Civil Engineer was visiting India and he saw a few hundred labourers digging the...
Two points: 1) The 24 foot Eventide can be built in steel and the plans are available from the Eventide Owners Group (THE EVENTIDE OWNERS GROUP...
Doh! Of course! I must be going senile and was thinking that he had a moulded hull in the form. I'm glad you spotted the deliberate mistake....
That photograph is a William Atkin Fore and Aft design named Tresaurus: Photos of Fore An' Aft...
I agree that using water to find the volume of the hull is the best way to do this. To calculate the displacement (which is for practical...
I bow to your superior knowledge and experience.
Not my reading of the initial post when he specifically states "a round hull or radius chine". On looking at the Kasten Marine website, Tony MAY...
One approach Tony could take would be to get a set of estimating plans for his chosen design, search out a few builders and ask for a quote from...
OK, let me justify the costs of producing a cutting file for metals (or even plywood). First off, as a full disclosure, I worked for a company in...
Kasten Marine are likely to be the guys you are looking for - he does cutting files but does charge a premium over plans which, considering the...
Look at the Jay Benford 20 foot Supply Boat on the second page here: http://www.benford.us/pdf/PCTY.pdf It is a half inch under your mandatory 8...
There are two books you need to read and take the lessons from. They are: The Merchant Schooners by Basil Greenhill The Search for Speed Under...
You need to cater for the approach and departure angles too - imagine a straight stick jammed under the front wheel of the vehicle and raised so...
kasten marine might have a design you like: Kasten Marine Design - Modern Classic Yacht Design http://kastenmarine.com He works mainly in metal...
+1 for that piece of advice. It looks like you have a Mark II which from the builders site and the various plans and layout sketches looks like a...
True - the mast acts as a roll damper as it has its centre of mass a long way from the roll axis. Tony Marchaj describes this phenomenon in his...
I would be looking at the small diesel engines used in small European compact town cars. Economical, quite advanced designs and put they out...
Hi Stumble, I vaguely recall (but not from where, unfortunately) that John Welsford's Trover design was originally intended for paddling and/or...
