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    12ft skiff dinghy centreboard discussion

    hopefully you dont mind me polluting your thread too much but it is mostly very applicable to what I am trying to do... Build a new centreboard...
    Post by: Cheesy, May 20, 2014 in forum: Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics
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    12ft skiff dinghy centreboard discussion

    Slightly off topic, Im about to build new foils for a Sunburst I have aquired could you let me know where you got your wood from, or did you get...
    Post by: Cheesy, May 16, 2014 in forum: Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics
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    Alternative to marvelous Buccaneer 24

    It looks good, slight hijack though, any word on the Jim Young book?
    Post by: Cheesy, Dec 13, 2012 in forum: Multihulls
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    Single-handed Skiff

    Im guessing you are talking about these 12s/Rs http://www.leechboats.com/data/L3/L3_render.jpg
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 18, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Titanium vs other metals

    Just to be pedantic, it is not a titanium coating, it is a titanium nitride coating which is very different. Titanium is very bad in wear...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 7, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    Flying Canting Keel-Extraordinary Innovation!

    Fundamentally this system could work, it may (will) have some compromises on Dougs proposal though, most likely in terms of the mass transfer...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 5, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    Got you, I was trying to figure out what Doug was talking about, he must have quoted the wrong post. I think it would be more surprising if DSS...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 4, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    I dont really know who Calderon is or what he has to do with a 12 foot skiff??? Or for that matter if you are talking about a 12m why couldnt it...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    No Im in NZ and it was a T30, correct on the Shaw 650 though. In the same regatta we saw some interesting traits of the DSS when the boat gets hit...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    Thats interesting, it is not what I was talking about though , not surprising (that there is yet another old example out there). It was a 12 foot...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    Well if the boat was heeled and not on a plain surely the leeward foil would have been generating some lift? sounds pretty similar to the DSS...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    I would say that in writing the book his designs were used as he had a pretty in depth understanding of how they got where they were and why,...
    Post by: Cheesy, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    Since we are on the topic of Franks book (well worth the read regardless of who invented what) there is a picture of an old high volume 18 in...
    Post by: Cheesy, May 31, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    What was the false claim as to the boats poor performance? the 40% bit? that is completely irrelevant. How about the fact that BBB is faster than...
    Post by: Cheesy, May 28, 2012 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design for DSS-Foil Assist for Keelboats

    No Stevo said he didnt see a 40% increase of speed on any point of sail, his account was also first hand but should be discounted because? a: it...
    Post by: Cheesy, May 28, 2012 in forum: Sailboats