Yes...I knew they were $$$...On the other hand compared to lengthening the hull it's likely draw... My boats 41series Volvo diesel is the last...
Why not a jackshaft? Advantages- 1.It would give you better engine mounting options as there's u-joints on the shaft so you should be able to...
The boats used in the Bristol Bay, Alaska sockeye gillnet fishery look like this for the same reasons Tad explained. 9.7m length - 4.6m beam -...
Justaguy...stop trolling & let the 100+ years of experience trying to help you...help you. Really. It's an interesting topic, let it happen. Moe
Thanks, Busteddrum- New idea for me & it's something I won't forget. Nothing like adding another 180 degrees of motion to a piece of gear I...
"I guess your boats great in a chop?" Great? Yes. She likes to go right into it...San Francisco Bay has all kinds of wind & tide chop - we only...
"On a wooden strip build, the strips are structural in most builds IMHO. There are designs with heavy sheathings that are structural and these do...
"There will be no continuous inner shell glass under the lines of frames and longs?" not sure if I understand the question...If the cedar strip...
"Yamaha 9.9, four stroke outboard" I agree would be the best power choice - they have a bit of 12 v charging capacity but use that roof for solar...
The simplest way I could figure it was to put a heat exchanger and pump in line on an external engine coolant hose. The Espar/Webasto heats the...
The mixing valve is for safety - if you scavenge heat from the engine or use a Webasto/Espar you can see water temps in your system well above...
Or a tightly engineered & cleverly built larger one...It's a tough design problem and if you could drop that design requirement you would have a...
Yes but it's the voids/fewer number of plys compared to $$ Joubert okume/ general behavior of fir when peeled resulting in a miserable surface to...
I have to agree with eric 818 as to weight - personally I'd aim for under 100lbs, be happy with 125lbs & saddened but accepting of 150 lbs. In my...
Now you're getting somewhere...Great to see initial specifics trial ballooned for our enjoyment, thanks for "open sourcing" your design process....
