thanks Tlouth7 for your reply! In the small documentation I've found the upright bowsprit is called staysail mast. Indeed it looks like a...
Agreed! Those boats were built in several dimensions but for sure they were pretty heavy once loaded (displacement in teh ranges of 30-100tons -...
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Hello! Few days ago I come across a particular rig of a traditional sailing italian workboat, the Navicello. Some info are available on these...
Thanks Gonzo! :)
Once again guys thanks a lot for your messages!! I'm giving a first go at Herreshoff and Nevins Scanlting Rules (that I've found in the Appendix...
Ok clear, so now I really need to know the weights distribution of my boat to be able to move one, meaning scantlings and weights of the interior....
So I still have the problem of verifying if I need a ballast (and how much). To understand where the G should be, since going through the force...
Thanks Banjansailor, really similar boat to the brief I posted!!! I adjusted the sail plan on the basis of the one of Expannie (bigger overlap for...
Whilst I'm dealing with the process of defining a HL view of the interior and it's weights, what I did was (pictures below): Defined a draft...
Thanks Tansl once again, I'll crack on the calculation and revert with the outcome.
thanks!! Ok so it is correct to proceed like this as per below? Define normal tight conditions (wind speed I guess) and desired heeling of...
oh ok thanks! Just to check if I got it properly, the idea is then to draft the rest of the boat (interio, deck, mast etc) and identify the...
Thanks Dolfiman for the info! Really nice looking boat and actually allow me to introduce my first doubt. I'm trying to draft the initial lines...
For the sake of the exercise I took some reference sailboat that I like (from what I read) and extracted some KPIs to start from: Sailboat I...
Thanks guys for the warm welcome! Here are some books I read so far (plus research done online on different topics) : Principles of Yacht Design,...
Hi All! I am new to the Forum, so first of all… great to be here !! I'm posting because I’d like to undertake the project of designing a...