Thanks Rick. When hung off the back, should the top of the blade be level (or lower) than the bottom of the hull so that the blade operates in...
Rick, when you say "under one of the hulls", how important is it that the rudder is actually UNDER the hulls? Is it ok for it to be off the back...
Good idea. I still don't think that I'll go with longer than 16'. Anything longer than that will look silly compared to the other rafts. You...
Yeah, I realise that longer hulls would be faster, but for building, transport, and storage reasons I think that 15.5' (2 sheets of ply) would be...
The total weight of the four people would be about 285kg. The two pedalling are on a single prop. The paddlers would not be practised at...
Ok, that's the hulls sorted...... in my head anyway! If you don't mind me pushing my luck I'll carry on. There's two other areas where I need...
This is great stuff. Just to be clear, I assume the central longitudinal would be a series of short bulkheads in between the transverse bulkheads?...
Thanks Rick, I had a look at that plywood hull. I had actually read that thread a while back but never checked back to see how they got on....
Hi all, I'm planning on building a pedal powered catamaran for a raft race next year. It will be something along the lines of Warren...
