The solid mould would be good for a vacuum job or screw the foam on as mentioned above. For foam without vacuum bagging a stringer only jig is...
Olympic One Design Prowler. I can understand peoples comments about class popularity vs speed but it does seem that Olympic sailing is about...
It would be treated the same. The ISAF would first decide if a foiler should be represented in the olympics and then comes a selection trial where...
I have made wet laid carbon tube where the unidirectional was wet out while flat on a board and then rolled up on to a short tube, then roll it...
We use a peel ply commonly sold as a lining material in clothing. It's called polysheen and is typically much cheaper some peel plys sold by...
You should just make some filler for the fillet, sand when dry and lay your tapes on top. Use the same resin for the fillet with a suitable...
IT all works with poly and VE resins too. Q cells, microbaloons etc. The thixotropic addatives works too but you must use a specific one suitable...
You can also thin polyester resin with acetone so that it will penetrate the timber well and use 2-3 coats.
The dive shown when the boat wakes comes close was caused by steering the boat higher to breeze. Doing this reduces the pressure on the foils and...
And then two seconds later the planning 18 will have 5-6m or more area in the water. This slows the boat down a bit. I imagine that the 18...
Tuning needed This is the first time on the water. I had encoraged them to make a larger gantry but we thought it was worth first trying with...
real flight Now she flys for real with the full rig. http://www.jeanpierreziegert.ch/06_video.html
This is usually the case to save weight and cost as the carbon is so expensive. For any boat a builder would hope to improve their boats in any...
Hydrofoil Prowler moth
