Was thinking about methods of transporting a homebuilt catamaran from somewhere not close to the ocean.. Seems like heavy lift helicopter might...
If you had a hull made of fiberglass foam sandwich, but bulkheads and fore aft foam sandwich supports running made out of carbon fiber to decrease...
In reading John Shuttleworth's piece on Multihull considerations for Seaworthiness: Considerations for Seaworthiness...
I've been thinking a lot about the use of Kevlar in boat building.. Generally, it seems the best use of Kevlar is as internal layers, due to its...
I've been reading about capsizes of cruising catamarans recently, and it had me thinking. Would it be possible to make a righting system for a...
In looking at the wiki page on Forward Swept wings, I noticed that one of the primary issues with forward swept wings (yaw instability) isn't...
I know this question may be a bit hard to answer as it's likely dependent on hull shape, weight, wave piercing vs non-wave piercing bows, and...
Lets get it out of the way. Yes, I'm an idiot, most boats won't get finished, cost way more then expected, and take way longer then expected,...
All over the internet, I see it constantly repeated that Catamarans have a worse upwind performance than monohulls, and that they point lower. My...
When building a composite layup for a hull, is the fabric tensile/compressive strength or the stiffness typically the limiting factor? I'd...
Most foil boats look a lot like normal sailboats with a couple of distinct changes.. Instead, lets go back to the drawing board and design...
