I have a copy of the 11th printing of the 1939 edition dated 1958. Cheers, Earl
There is an old program used by model yacht builders that calculates the volume of a bulb whose form is a rotated NACA section: Marko's bulb...
Here is a folder that contains the old design web page from the U.S. Vintage Model Yacht Group. The material is copied from Thomas Moore's "Build...
Agreed that the statement is nonsense. The question of directional stability was of significant concern to model yacht designers in the...
I have always wanted to test various radio sailing hulls (no scale effect involved -- the "model" is 1:1 of the actual radio boat) by putting a...
No need to risk a physical presence in the vicinity. Plenty of satellite companies capable of tracking an object of that size. Cheers, Earl
(Replying to CT249 above) Except there appear to be limitations on maneuverability imposed by the (relative to speed over water) slow motion of...
Thanks for your reponse and sorry, I was unclear. I had the impression that you thought some of the Universal Rule J's had "guppy bellies" and...
Which of the J's did you have in mind? (Not challenging, just curious). Cheers, Earl
I've seen radar domes of roughly that size and shape. Cheers, Earl
Tom Ehman (usual disclaimers) reports that the delivered foil arms are having to be repaired by the teams owing to surface delamination. [MEDIA]...
First pics of the Luna Rossa boat:...
Indications of/speculation about further delay from Tom Ehman at Sailing Illustrated. In video:...
Well, of course. I labeled it as speculation, or as old-time intel analysts used to call them, a "tipper." Worth nothing in itself, but could lead...
My favorite observation about models comes from Alan Turing, in the preface to the last paper he wrote before he committed suicide: "... a...