Hi All, I have sailed thousands of miles on C/S/K cats particularly The 43' Allez Cat. I am looking for a C/S/K to fix up particularly the 44"...
Swede 55 Would not the Swede 55 qualify as a fast classic? Steve did you build Vortex?
comfort Paul I base my interest and conviction on first hand knowledge of the corsair 24.
Wetted suface Paul my calculations are correct the round section boat is a contemporary rounded U section design. I did double check. And it will...
As far as wetted surface goes the box section in a 60’er displacing 22,300 lbs is 459 sq. ft. and a 60’er with round sections of the same...
Hope this time is a charm Phil Bolgers 24' Corsair
Did not upload Since the picture did not upload here is a 40' version I drew last year. We all had so much fun with the 60'er, at least I did ha...
Bolger photo I have tried to upload this picture before without success. The file may be to big?
Lines Par, Very nice you have a wild side too. I find extremes more fun to play with.
Stronger Grasp I am a professional boat builder over the years I have designed, engineered, built and structurally repaired and re-built many...
God awful The reason for the god awful hull form that it is the simplest and the easiest to build. As far as the pounding goes this hull will not...
Photo The halftone print photo won't upload. I'll try again in the morning.
Two questions The reason for the two keels is so the boat can take to the bottom at rest. In light air the lee keel is raised to reduce drag. In...
Apples And Oranges The 210 and the 110 are great designs although they have nothing to do with the concept presented above.
Might as well let it all hang out. Here is simplification to the extreme. This boats disp. is 20,000# loa 60'. The first image with the aft rig I...
97.5 lines Here are the lines to the above 97.5'er. LOA 97.5' LWL 88.5' LCB 54.6% aft Cp .544 Note smooth the LWL aft is (top View). Tanton is...
Way too much fun A 97.5' VERSION Beam 16' DRAFT 16' Disp 48,000#
# 5 More fun.
another image Just for fun.
Deadrise Here is the same hull with more deadrise. The disp. has gone from 25,000# to 30,000# And the Cp has gone from .52 to .543
