Yer, glass strips/ patches is a fine way to build a hull. A boat builder friend set up a temporary framework, spaced battens over frames, as you...
I have a Sangean ATS multi band receiver with SSB capability. Very reliable, used primarily for remote area weather forecast reception. Excellent...
4.5 in diameter mast for that dinghy dimensions is crazy talk. check out similar sized dinghy’s with unstayed timber rigs for guidance. Ie the...
Yes, at 1400 kg even the 40 HP is going to be struggling to get near 25. I crunched the numbers with the data available and the 25 is going to be...
Firstly merry xmas to all. This raises another subject. "Misleading advertising in multihull sales" Picking one design that I am reasonably...
Interesting. When you consider an A class Catamaran , 18 x 8 feet weighs the same, i'm going to call BS .
Excellent summation . The Elephant in the room is windage. Narrow boat = low frontal area = low aero drag. Shuttleworth wrote some great articles...
Just to be clear. XL2, in perfect , strong downwind conditions, with full , experienced crew, averaged less than 15 knts when they set the B2G...
May I just temper the article linked here with the comment that the author is the same GREGOR TARJAN that oversaw the building and launch of the...
Around 20 years back there was one in the D'Abora marina in Port Stephens. It was rough. The forward cockpit piqued my interest. From memory there...
20 th in class. 8th corrected. 1976 OSTAR The Royal Western Yacht Club of England | OSTAR 1976...
With all due respect oldmulti I am pretty sure this does not represent the rig or what happened. The rig was a rule beater/rule cheater. From...
^^ Rob et al Instead of cluttering this fine thread ,with thread drift ,feel free to continue the mast discussion here... Rob Dennys' unstayed...
So as not to clutter the other thread lets go our hardest here instead. Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 725 Likes: 87, Points: 28, Legacy Rep: 436...
