That's what I thought. Even on a normal tugboat the hawser is attached near or slightly abaft its center of mass. With the pull of the tow on the...
I was thinking along the lines of securing the raft to the catamaran hull from many points so that the catamaran becomes more like an extension of...
1. It's kind on an artsy thing, but I want to explore what kind of potential floating islands could have in marine environments. Like...
Cool, it seems like a pretty unique boat.
One idea I have is a catamaran where the raft being towed is sandwiched between the hulls. Probably with large keels and stuff to compensate for...
There's the story of this tugboat fitted with sails, which admittedly used sails only for assistance with the engine contributing most of the...
Thanks for the reply, but that wasn't the answer I was looking for. I can tow my island with a motor boat, and I have towed it with a 200HP...
This is a follow up on this thread though that isn't necessarily relevant information. If you had to tow a large raft with a sailboat, what kind...
I have little bit of solar for irrigation already. I'm pretty sure solar wouldn't be enough for propulsion even if I covered the entire thing with...
I keep landing on these forums when I'm looking up things, so I thought I might as well make a thread of my own and maybe some of you geniuses...
