Just trying to "common sense" this on my own, I came up with the same conclusions. Maxwell HRC1010 is what I came up with, and "all chain", and...
10mm short link chain is about a pound a foot / 350 feet = 350-ish pounds, and that's slightly conservative, if using chain from the anchor all...
This thread is going to still pop up for people interested in the idea of the original post. Chris White's "MastFoil" rig seems relevant to the...
NAVY 44 (M&R) - sailboatdata
I am the new owner of a "Navy 44" by McCurdy & Rhodes, the 1991 version. Foam core fiberglass. I bought it in pretty much the same condition the...
HSV Sea Slice - USA Navy Experimental Boat - YouTube
Well, if money were no object... Gotta go right for the things that might make sense if they weren't so darn expensive. A hull that doesn't...
Reading in between the lines, is there an underlying assumption that "all electric" isn't feasible for a cruising boat on a relative budget?...
Software... between MaxSurf or Rhino/Orca Which is easier to learn from scratch? Which has better stability analysis for trimarans?
Somehow I missed this one. I'd like to buy these plans, I've spent hundreds of hours researching, researching, researching... and THIS boat hits...
Mike Waters used the idea of sharp edges in his W17 trimaran to at least partially address this 2D/3D disparity, if I understand correctly - I...
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Tom. I'll do a little trial and error "test group / control group" experimentation. I'll rig two...
I read about the original Hobie 16's and Rudy Choy's Hawaiian cats having hulls which acted as leeway-countering foils - I extended the idea to...
