To hopefully piggyback on Rob's already pretty thorough response: The issue is that there is almost no commercial shipping to the islands, and...
Roger Taylor sails his little junk rigged 24 ft around the north atlantic, and he has an article about his drogue:...
I've also seen drogue lines suggested for multis especially, but I know that Ming Ming's Roger Taylor has one onboard, which he has used in rough...
To riff on your idea a bit: I fovor a a low freeboard for less material and less weight, double-ended (or very close to it) demountable hull cat...
After looking it over, it seems to me that the bend in the beams would allow for water to drain to either side (with the deck following the beam)...
Myself and my brother in law both own beach cats. If it wasn't for going through a divorce I would likely have gone down to Texas for the Texas...
If I were building in shallow water, I'd sink concrete pilings at the very least, and possibly dredge (like China's doing with the islands). The...
90 foot gunboat....o_O
I think for those who don't enjoy the process of designing and building this may be a hard point to grasp. I think you made an analogy with the...
You're assuming your conclusion: "Everyone uses them because they're the best!" "Why are they the best?" "Because everyone uses them!" This is...
They have one tack in that they always keep the same side towards the wind, so instead of tacking, they go backwards. Than a trimaran of the...
First off, welcome. Don't let the old retired codgers scare you off. There's a bunch of retirees on here who have nothing better to do than troll...
The obvious answer to your question is sleeping. If the idea is to have a boat you can sail around, then anchor and sleep, then not having a fully...
The point is that it's not different in any bad way. The ways that it's different are that it was simpler to construct than a normal 30 ft....
Here's a boat that's really similar to the one I drew: [MEDIA]
