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    Dutch Barge long distance cruisers

    Val, your concept of ocean going on a reasonable budget is not practical with today's technology as many on this thread have said. In my opinion...
    Post by: diwebb, Jul 14, 2013 in forum: Boat Design
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    designing a fast rowboat

    Joe Dobler Hi NORDVINDCREW, I have been absent from the forum for quite a while and just started to look at your thread. Very interesting!!! I...
    Post by: diwebb, Jul 8, 2013 in forum: Boat Design
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    Itchen Ferry Cutter

    Hi, you might try to get a copy of Dixon Kemps Yachting and Boating Manual, republished by Wooden Boat. This has the lines and offsets for three...
    Post by: diwebb, May 4, 2011 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    Affordable seaworthy cruiser

    Apex, I did read the whole 19 pages before I posted my comment. You may be an experienced designer but you shure as hell are not very helpful to...
    Post by: diwebb, Aug 31, 2010 in forum: Boat Design
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    Affordable seaworthy cruiser

    Hi, I suggest that all readers of this thread look at page 223 of Hasler and McCleod's book "Practical Junk Rig". The boat shown, "Sumner",has...
    Post by: diwebb, Aug 31, 2010 in forum: Boat Design
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    Ocean Crossing In A Small Boat

    Hi, back to the original subject of this discussion. T cubed's assertion the an Itchen Ferry style of boat makes a suitable small offshore cruisng...
    Post by: diwebb, Jun 11, 2010 in forum: Sailboats
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    Ocean Crossing In A Small Boat

    Hi Tcubed, as discussed in my previous submission, I believe that you are sincere and honest in your statements and that your detractors...
    Post by: diwebb, Jun 11, 2010 in forum: Sailboats
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    can anyone tell me what this boat is modeled after

    Hi Boston, have you looked at the Kettenburgs in Southern California?? They have some similarities to the boats that you are looking at and are...
    Post by: diwebb, Mar 10, 2010 in forum: Sailboats
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    Wherry style plans wanted

    Hi, have a look at some of Joe Doblers designs. He was a pioneer of stitch and glue construction in the USA. Just do a Google search. You may...
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 15, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    Fastest classic sail yacht?

    L Francis Herreschoff's Ticonderoga has to be in there somewhere. She won the Transpac several times and posted a record crossing that was...
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 11, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    settled on a boat to build can i put a junk sail on this boat?

    Have a look at Hasler and McLeods book Practical Junk Rig. This will give most of the information needed to gauge if a boat is suitable for the...
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 11, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Flat bottom/vertical sides/flat deck/ flat everything

    Blondie Hasler produced a 46 foot design with many similar characteristics, to the 60 footer that is the subject of this thread, to compete in...
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 11, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    homemade craft needed for tv-documentary

    Hi, sounds to me like you are going to need a support vessel with a motor strong enough to tow the raft out of any dangers it may encounter, and...
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 11, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    Gaff Rig or Bermuda Rig?

    Hi, the attached is the sail plan for the 14 footer I designed and built back in the early 80's David
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 11, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    Roller reefing boom

    Hi Steve, I have sailed on two boats about 35 years ago with through the mast boom furling systems. The first was a charter boat, an Albin Ballad...
    Post by: diwebb, Apr 11, 2009 in forum: Boat Design