I am working on a design for a hydraulic pod drive for a small displacement cruiser. I purchased plans for Tad Roberts' North Coast and redesigned...
Flat strips, not rods I understand that when used correctly pultruded strips have a much greater strength in both tension and compression...
Anyone have experience with this product in boat construction? (see link below) I have seen the use of pultruded carbon in the proa project for...
rig The rig design draws on several sources. In particular, the cutter/wishbone from Chamberlain (brought to my attention here by Phil's advice)...
latest (hopefully, final sail plan) I have arrived here.
limited space The bridgedeck is at 32 inches...812mm...maybe 30 inches fully loaded...the only accommodation I fit above deck is beds. Regarding...
I got you...I have a four-yr-old. He'll be helping build by the time I'm done, I suppose. But the concern I have is that with 34 ft LOA and good...
Right...I've got the sailplan for Robin Chamberlin's Cirrostratus 10. I do like it. I also really like what I see in this forum post on...
re-rigged OK, single mast...simple.
great sailing video ketch rig on a 38 ft boat...I'm sure you all know the design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFTwFRJlHY
cedar strip Brian, I like the freedom of form the strip method allows. Besides, there is no better smell in the workshop than fresh cut cedar;)....
The idea for this sail control originally was not so much to pull the top to windward. It was to be a substitute for having an expensive carbon...
I am aiming at two small lightweight diesels on the order of 15 hp each...as in Kubota D772
