Wow! this is great!
Yes the centreboard slots will need a flexible seal. I think we used to call it a "zap flap" back in the 80s? I have no doubts that the...
Many thanks for all the responses everyone. Very helpful. If there are no obvious handling/sailing problems from twin centreboards then I hope to...
Can anyone point me at resources re boats with off-centre or twin centreboards? I am designing a 5 metre cruising dinghy and planning to use on or...
Thanks heaps! That did it. [ATTACH]
I have been working on this sailing boat design while learning Freeship. At some point I clicked something that made the line indicated in the...
Thanks for this. I have thought a lot about position of the chine in respect of the waterline. Given the small size of the boat (5m) I know that...
Here's the plan and profile to help contextualise things. Plan and Profile by Shifu posted May 28, 2021 at 7:40 PM
Interesting. This is what I was thinking myself, but with the extra chine the angles are less acute. There's much to ponder.
The chine is just touching the water line at the boat's current designed weight of 320kg. As I fine tune the design and the weight I will be able...
I'm running it in DOSBox in Windows 7, which itself is running inside a virtual machine inside MXLinux. It's an elaborate setup but it works well...
Hi. Thanks. That's actually Plyboats, which I purchased in back 1996, and have managed to keep going through all my computer upgrades since then.
Here are a couple of options from a 5m daysailer I am working on. Instinctively the double chine would seem to make a fairer and slipery-er shape,...
