It makes more sense that it wouldn't be backwards, I was confused. So I guess I ought to do it with only the red line and ballast. And ideas...
If you're sailing around in a yacht that looks like it cost you a million dollars and looks like new, pirates probably won't hesitate to attack...
That image you linked to is what I had in mind. It's funny that it and similar ones are right on the front page of google, I put in "kick up...
Would adding 'rocker' (I don't know the correct term, is it sheer?) to the freeboard help with forward-back-rocking stability? What do you think...
Haha, dwak's right. But ambition is good for you, maybe!! Why do you want it free-standing? Also, why do you want a 60-inch boat for open...
How could I make a kick-up centerboard and kick-up rudder a for 20 foot plywood stitch-and-glue catamaran hull? The catamaran's still in the...
I think it's a really cool idea, but I don't think it ought to be called a "Freedom Ship", since it will be so expensive and living on it for a...
Thanks, I didn't realize that 16's had asymetric hulls. Do you mean they're shaped like \| |/ ? Wow. I looked around the Hobie site, and...
I've been asking questions about it, but feel guilty for making so many threads, so I'm consolidating my present and future questions about this...
Yeah, it's more like an F18 than a Hobie 16, but it will have to displace about 400 kg of crew, and over 200 kg of its own weight. What should I...
You might want to take a look at this guy's site: http://www.mit.edu/people/robot/ He has a few plans for outrigger canoes, and a bunch of...
It will be a sailing catamaran, sorry for the lack of clarity there. It'll be for 6 people, so I doubt it will plane unless there's a tropical...
What is the difference between a cat stern with a transom: ............................... | | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And a cat stern with a...