All boats sink? No, I don't agree that all boats sink, not even all the sinkable ones. No more so than all aircraft crash. All things have a...
Getting it I'm poking fun at the cat owners, to see if I can't get their goat. None seems to have risen to the challange. Obviously, they've...
more foam = more volume = more length = better sailing I think we're all on the same wavelength, here --- a ship you trust the lives of yourself,...
Casting the hull as a single piece What makes hulls expensive is that they are pieced together out of small parts, each part laborously shaped...
Charming French Maids So, if I fly the U.S. flag on my boat and on a visit to the south of France, I find a charming French maid who wants to...
Hey, that Cape Islander is a nice looking boat. At least, the fore half is. I wonder what would happen if you lengthened it a bit and made it...
The DOD came up with something. But after spending millions of taxpayer dollars on it and studying it from all angles, they still couldn't figure...
Dumb things Listen, forget doing dumb things like using firehoses against armed men. And forget hiding out in secret rooms. And forget using...
Not fly U.S. flag? Excuse me for thinking. But I think it's pretty bad when you can't grow your own tree in your own back yard, without gomeone...
Your pardon for asking a dumb question. Let me put it this way. Suppose I have a big container on my deck growing my favorite herb. (Parsley,...
Well, I specifically said that the foam needs to be protected from the elements. So does wood, so does practically anything except bronze or...
I'm glad to hear that the foam won't contract too much to delaminate or something drastic. As for the weather, yes, a cabin on deck is necessary....
Well, no, I don't have a CAD program yet to make sketches with. But it should be larger than the Tahiti and not nearly so large as the Marco...
Go to Tahiti for fast multihulls If you want a fast multihull, I hear you can go to Tahiti. There are plenty abandoned there, or up for sale for...
A startling conclusion that I have come to is this: boats are holes in the water waiting to be filled with the water. And given the nature of...
