Cary 19 here is some old literature
I still have the blueprints of the 46' I was working on with Don.
Gas hog with 4 times maintenance, no redundancy for steering.
planning hulls and the speed of sound You wouldn't be able to keep it in the water, so it becomes an aircraft
Or... You could build a 50' diesel/electric submarine, just bring some nice folding lawn chairs for nice weather
Looks nice The more a boat weighs, the more water it displaces and the more power it will take to push it through the water. Try to find an old...
Microstation works I used Microstation to generate 3d models of 2 hull designs, however I drew them up using the Nautilus system (quite a few...
By the way steps can be considered as waves, most of those computer programs, calculate in smooth water, I honestly don't see much of an advantage
I wouldn't want to sanction stupidity as a national pastime, however, I recall water jets used to cut metal, and I think it is stupid, to try and...
One of the first few boats my dad built was for an ablone fisherman in California. My dad also used to race number 17 The Donzi Diesel, it had a...
Just go fast in rough water, you can get plenty of air under the hull. Thats why it aint worth the trouble, tooo many variables, the end of the...
Surface effects would probably render the vessel out of the water making it an aircraft, if it did't, the water pressure would probably destroy...
16' Magnum That boat reminds me of a 16' Magnum outboard vee bottom. Magnum also built a small outboart catamaran, sport and open fisherman,...
Keep It Simple
Really looooonnnnngggg paper
My dad gave me a drafting table when I was 11 and told me to get to work...
If it was a properly designed engine, It should be able to be turned around and swap out the timing chain etc. with the transmission etc. As well...
We did build a model that had a forward steering station just aft of the cuddy cabin, it would be more approriate for outdrives. We also made a...
Keep it simple Sounds like it might develop a porpoising problem. One picture is worth a thousand words. I drew up plans for a 46 foot sort of...
Sonny and I were exchanging sketches in the Florida Room of the publisher of Southern Boating magazine way back in 1971-72. Volvo built a boat a...