Hobie/J-24 Tri Conversion Hello, Look up my project for ideas. Also I have 3 Youtube videos of her under sail. Search for Delane Rivenbark. D
PET Bottles 4 Flotation When I built my new appendage to the bottom of my J-24 Tri, I used pressurized PET bottles and stuffed as many as...
Was almost ready to launch and then,,,,,,,, A few weeks ago we had a really strong Typhoon which took out my boat for the time being. One Ama...
You certainly have your work cut for ya. As for the electric motor, will you be Sailing far away from your home port and what about currents in...
2liter PET Bottles I think oldsailor7 mentioned using plastic bottles previous. I recently built a new hull section under the existing one that...
49thDiver, I'm glad to see others are willing to try mono conversions. Your boat would be a great choice. The beams are 5.5 X 6mm. Each...
Thanks Gary, and yes sometimes the school of doing something wrong verses doing nothing at all has it's merit. People spend good money every...
The Plan Yes I've planned to lower the Ama's all along for obvious reasons. I may launch today to see the new water line and to see if she's...
Built this in 5 sections and each is sealed off and full of 2 liter pressurized PET bottles.
My hopes are to increase speed through the slenderness ratio of 13:1 and reduce the form stability drag I had before. I'm still learning and...
After Gelcoating Almost ready to launch and establish new waterline.
More Photo's Rudder location. Not mounted, just taking a look. Thinking about mounting swim ladder in the middle.
The Need For Speed! Progress of Phase 2 Note sure if you can really call her a J anymore but here's some of the progress this far. Current plan...
Either one but I would prefer the Nacra mast only because I had one and never had a problem with it. In fact it's an old boat now and still in...
Emergency Back Up I've thought of using one as an öh grap emergency propulsion. The idea was to install on the transom on a spring loaded swing...