Ran across an ancient reminder in a to-do list to check this thread. Figured I would update it. No I didn't win any lottery, and I didn't quite...
Any updates to your Toe Rail project? I'm curious how you've got along with this. Marvout
As I comb though sailboat listings, I notice that many (the majority of?) designs place the chart table on the starboard side of the boat. But,...
Back in the 90's I ended up in Vancouver at a floating boat show. By the time the day was over, I had ended up in a 43' Hunter Legend and was...
Can anyone tell me why everyone so far is going around the island and coming in from the west? Why didn't IDEC head a bit further south and come...
Agreed. There is trickle down, my hypothesis would be that 99% of the trickle down will be in like-kind, just like your example. Expensive...
I was reading about offshore power cats in ProfBoatBuilder last night. Turns out they use the space between the hulls as a big foil/wing for...
The stresses in that design must be quite high. The impact of that thing landing must be pretty harsh. Or at least it has the potential to be....
I guess I had presumed the (air) foils were symmetrical and could be trimmed for sailing either way. If they are asymmetrical like a plane's wing...
Aren't they only going half way with the concept? (I don't mean this facetiously at all...) Wouldn't you be able to get both wings up in the air,...
Between 0:45 and 1:22 of this video, it shows racing tri's going airborne and landing back in the water. I realize these are race boats, but the...
When I read in plans that a tri's amas are sized at 150%, does that they displace 150% of the weight of the boat (empty), total planned loaded...