If you were able to get an instrument for your sailboat that is not available today, apart from navigational or weather related, what would it be?...
Can somebody explain in plain english waht are the advatanges a fractional rig has over a mastheaded and viceversa? Nothing too deep...
Question for you gurus outthere: When marinizing a small turbo diesel (Daihatsu, Peugeot), is the heat exchanger a replacement for the...
Not a designer, but a sailing enthusiast. I grew up to believe that Farr was one of the top designers in the game, and still find it hard to...
Is there an optimum draft for a high roach mainsail and a fractional rig? How much draft and where?
I'm building a small sailboat. I'm working now with the appendages (keel and rudder). The keel will be aluminum, 1 mm thick, 21 cm long, 4.9 cm...
Prior trends tend to enforce huge genoas with fairly small, low roached mainsails. Currently it seems tha large roached mainsails, coupled with...
Does it make any sense? I can imagine, it would add tons of drag, but wouldn´t it benefit from the "breaking avility" of the BB?
RC sailboat question Just a quick question: Are Remote Controlled sailboat designs discussed in this board?
