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    Catamaran Balance

    Hi James, I hope I can help, at little anyway. Please note, I don’t claim to be “right” and am happy to learn from anyone. This is just as I have...
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Multihulls
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    Catamaran vs Trimaran beam question

    Hi Tansl, I would see is as abeam with mast load in the middle(compression) and get it engineered by a Nav. Arch. familiar with multihulls,(not...
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 2, 2012 in forum: Multihulls
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    Catamaran Balance

    Hi Red Dwarf, You are raising some very interesting questions! The reason for all this variation is that the water and air flows constantly...
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 2, 2012 in forum: Multihulls
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    Titanium vs other metals

    Hi Stumble, I have always understood that Ti was too brittle for most boat fittings. Yield and failure points being too close together.(i.e....
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 2, 2012 in forum: Boat Design
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    Catamaran vs Trimaran beam question

    Hi Red Dwarf, Having built multihulls since the mid sixties, I remember the problems cat designers had in overcoming the stresses trying to tear...
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 2, 2012 in forum: Multihulls
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    Catamaran Balance

    Hi designz, With modern light displacement hulls it appears to work to use the CoE of the keel or centre board. Try it both ways with the CLR of...
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 1, 2012 in forum: Multihulls
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    Catamaran Balance

    Hi designz, I have found with trimarans that the lead between the CoE of the sail plan and the CoE of the Centre board to be 0%. If I have missed...
    Post by: ChrisSR, Jul 1, 2012 in forum: Multihulls