Not my pet idea - it comes from the 'Schionning designs' website, the most popular designers and builders of biplane cats. I guess you must know...
If you find me some water that isn't slippery, I'll put the box against something. ... but the box STILL won't tip unless you cheat and push...
A reach is both a very unusual point of sailing AND the preferred one. They are not opposites. I did not disagree that a reach is the preferred...
I see you edited your post and added more stuff. You are wrong. Simple experiment: Place an empty cube shaped box on the floor without a lid....
Thanks Autodafe, glad you like the idea. My intention was that this would be a conversion for an existing rig, so the mast would already be...
The yard is only under compression, there is no bending force so it need not be very thick. Think of it like an extra-wide set of spreaders (in...
A reach may be the preferred and most efficient point of sailing, but it is also a very unusual point of sailing. In reality, as the boat speeds...
Thanks dave, There are already plenty of successful biplane cats including production boats, but they all have two unstayed masts. I assume...
Picture beats a thousand words: [img] Is there an obvious reason why this hasn't been done? As the diagrams show, the rigs don't blanket each...
Hello everyone! I've seen interesting designs for biplane catamarans with an unstayed mast on each hull and just a mainsail on each mast,...
