If you have a client who insists on dictating the running lines and vertical layout of the boat, I respectfully suggest that you to tell the...
Stitch and glue is easier to build than plank on frame. Also lighter, as Fallguy mentioned. Less deadrise will get the boat on a plane easier....
I second the motion. The rendering is superb.
Go to the Stability section of the forum. Maybe get some ideas from the thread that examines the practicality of using a barge to carry a pickup...
The floats will counteract the front heavy problem if you design the floats to compensate for the problem. That means that they will be fatter in...
Adam; do you plan to attach an outboard to the boat? How fast do you want the boat to able to go? There is an important difference between a...
You have proposed changing length from 2.2 to 2.8 which is more than 10% in fact that is 27% Changing the width from 1.1 to 1.4 is much more than...
Let us agree about the descriptive word; freeboard. It is commonly understood to mean; vertical distance above the static waterline. The...
Draw a waterline with a convex curve near the bow. There are some locations along the waterline, at the recovering part of the curve, that have a...
Be concerned about wetted surface if you want the boat to row well. I will go with plan view A if the rocker is located such that the curve of...
Why the odd configuration? What are the advantages of that rig?
Thanks Dog Cavalry for that most decent summation of why we are here I too am sometimes annoyed by dreamers who insist that they will do one...
I happened to be thumbing through an old Wooden boat magazine yesterday. A Sam Devlin dory called Fairhaven Flyer was the object of my attention....
^ As for jeans and other men's trousers, the current lot is a curse to mankind. They have tightly tapered bottoms that are difficult to put on...
I have lurked on the web site for many years. Lots of good stuff here, some of it brilliant. There has been a continuous stream of imaginative...