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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Today I dried out the boat and inspected the underside more carefully. I can actually see the tiny gaps between the garboard and the centerboard...
    Post by: 176inches, May 20, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Thanks Tad. I tried turning the main boom into the wind but it made no difference. Never having sailed a split rig before, I didn't know that...
    Post by: 176inches, May 20, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    She failed to come about. With the helm to the lee, she came up fairly close to the wind, then stalled before it even started luffing. As I...
    Post by: 176inches, May 20, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    First launch was today. Lots of work, mistakes, problems and some good, fast cruising with wind speeds between 15 and 20 miles. Worst were a...
    Post by: 176inches, May 19, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    How do I go from simple hull design/lines plan to dimensioned plans/

    I used free software by Carlson Design. You design the boat by moving around the chine corners (polygons) at four cross-sections, including the...
    Post by: 176inches, May 15, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    I have finished the boat's rigging. Check out my blog at http://176inches.blogspot.com. This rig is so old-timey I wonder how many boats there are...
    Post by: 176inches, May 14, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    I had accidentally started two threads (because I thought the first one had not gone through) and couldn't shut one down. By now an administrator...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Good questions that I considered at length myself. Well, the inspiration was from John Welsford's Houdini, which has even more roach. Reefing...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Thanks, PAR. I expect you are right I'll have it weighed at a quarry nearby as soon as I get a license plate for the trailer. I am very...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    Inflatable sailing catamaran

    I have built (but not yet sailed) a cat ketch with lugsails. Lugsails have a lower center of effort and gravity, and need lower masts, so the...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 25, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Two more photos will illustrate what I said above. Four of us lifted Aerie very easily--of course I added decking, flooring and ballast since,...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 25, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    All this may be just effects of the camera angle (the cross-section gets steep and narrow near the bow). The beam is a full 6 feet (compared with...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 25, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Thanks, Doug. Can't wait to see how she behaves in a good breeze.
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 25, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    Thanks, Wayne. That was the whole reason for embarking on the project. Now I have to see how she sails...
    Post by: 176inches, Apr 25, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    New design, 15' cat ketch

    A year ago I started building a 15-foot open sailboat that I designed myself, using Carlson Design software and lots of calculations. It is...
    Thread by: 176inches, Apr 24, 2012, 21 replies, in forum: Boat Design