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CT249 liked Tomsboatshed's post in the thread Albatross 7.5 wooden light trimaran schooner (hemp fabric on frame and veneer sandwich).
I’m not sure it would qualify as an ultralight (like the Monfort design boats). I don’t understand either. (Perhaps the offcuts can be...
Jan 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Albatross 7.5 wooden light trimaran schooner (hemp fabric on frame and veneer sandwich).
This is completely untrue. In current wooden boats the structure is normally mainly monocoque, with the hull skin taking very...
Jan 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Scaling down a design to build a Mini / Micro Sailboat.
You probably already worked it out but one big problem is that the displacement/length ratio and therefore hull volume must normally...
Jan 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
CT249 liked Tomsboatshed's post in the thread Albatross 7.5 wooden light trimaran schooner (hemp fabric on frame and veneer sandwich).
Do you have any real world data that supports the assertion that of 30-50% weight reduction especially on bigger boats?Do such boats...
Jan 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Albatross 7.5 wooden light trimaran schooner (hemp fabric on frame and veneer sandwich).
These are not novel; many of them have been tried and failed. 1- Multi-mast rigs have been tried on multis before, and usually failed....
Jan 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Albatross 7.5 wooden light trimaran schooner (hemp fabric on frame and veneer sandwich).
Yes, the real world is very different - which is why your drawings are so pointless especially when your understanding is so faulty that...
Jan 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM -
CT249 replied to the thread Albatross 7.5 wooden light trimaran schooner (hemp fabric on frame and veneer sandwich).
Exactly. That major and very obvious flaw shows that the "designer" has zero understanding of the loads and stresses involved. It's...
Jan 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
Doodles are not designs. You are completely wrong when you claim I have "no idea at all" since I have a lot of experience (and a bunch...
Jan 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM -
CT249 replied to the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
There is no "1990s Beneteau 31.7" that reduced freeboard compared to a 1980 Beneteau 30. This did not exist. The facts are simple and...
Jan 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM -
CT249 replied to the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
You have comprehension issues related to comprehending reality. The IOR boats did NOT have high freeboard related to beam, as the...
Jan 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM -
CT249 replied to the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
Wrong. No person with any capacity for reason and knowledge of boats would confuse Froude with Freud. IOR boats in general did NOT have...
Jan 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM -
CT249 liked Skip Johnson's post in the thread Multihull microcruiser design considerations (capsize survival).
Yes, exactly. One of the major issues contributing to abandoning the rig approach was the very 'unproaish' rig tension requirement for a...
Jan 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
So which "IOR boats" had high cabins? None that I raced against.
Jan 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM -
CT249 replied to the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
???? With respect the rig height was measured and high aspect rigs penalised under the IOR. Can't see that as a "cheater mast".
Jan 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM -
CT249 liked philSweet's post in the thread Easy way to reduce rolling on bilge-keeler?.
@Herreshock "80s IOR yachts probably because the high freeboard and cabin height compared to length and beam" 80's IOR yacht - <3'...
Jan 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
