PAR Your use of beaded ply sounds wonderful. Do you have a specific product to recomend? drew
Thanks for all of the responses. All were very helpful. I am much more comfortable using two 3/8" layers. My plan had been to stagger them and...
I am restoring a wooden Bristol Channel Cutter and would like to use plywood for the new deck. I have read everything I can get my hands on but...
I was thinking of it for use as a worm shoe where flexibility isn't an issue but the other aspects you mentioned might be a value.
Is anyone using Torrified wood in boat building. From what I have read and seen to date it seems like it might have a lot of advantages to offer.
I appreciate each of you taking the time to answer questions that must seem incredibly basic in your world. I started sailing 10 years years ago...
In regards to PAR's question about the location of the mainmast and the companionway see the attached photo. The main mast lands on top of the...
No one answered my question about cutters. I am still interested in knowing if there is a value and a way to locate the center of effort when one...
Thanks for the diagrams. Anyone want to answer the more complicated question of how to calculate the center of effort of the jib and staysail on...
It sound like changing the foresail into a gaff would be the simplest of the desired changes and improve the look of the rig as well. Thanks to...
Opps. I just sketched out the marconi I just wrote about and realized that when you reef the marconi the center styas forward and when you drop...
I don't have the background of either of you but would appreciate help clarifying a few simple questions. It would help me for a minute if we...
