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There used to be a large floating barge converted to a restaurant and bar in Rye New York. It was a popular hang out for the wealthy locals from...
Some very smart sailors have blasted the idea of a "boat" like that. They have told the OP, at length, why it is a bad idea. Please do not...
Many racing dinghy classes demand that all boats are the same. The thrust of that rule is that we are stressing competition between sailors when...
You can have a boat with plumb sides. You can have a boat with steeply angled sides. There is no firm rule that specifies flare (sometimes called...
What is spray forward of the waterline? I presume that you mean the forward part of the hull, not the waterline. I suspect that spray rails...
Bajansailor, just for the record, prestressed concrete beams. flat slabs. single tees, double tees and other prestressed concrete structural...
Calculating that resistance is fraught with a bunch of variables. You can calculate the wetted surface drag with a limited degree of confidence....
Way back in the dark ages, Moths used a foil shaped wooden mast. Most of them were rigged so that the shrouds were attached a half inch or so in...
Search for information from the International 14 class association. The Int 14 is a high performance boat that needs experienced sailors to get...
Gerson, that depends on your market and you national economy. It also depends on whether there is a need for whatever boat you begin with....
If you convert the bottom to some sort of vee, it will slightly reduce the wetted area of the immersed surfaces. That is good for light air...
In whatever case, the term can imply some degree of curvature. Deck roach it is then. Descartes would not call his curves roaches but his curves...
Is deck roach the athwartship curvature of the deck ? A term such as sail roach; the area composed of outward curvature of the leech. I have not...
Gorgeous boat, ugly bulb! The boat might be able to sail well enough without the fin and bulb arrangement. The fin yes, you will need that...
