(Edit) I looked around and saw a couple of other designs by John Hitch, and while they do have some rocker the transoms are deeply submerged and...
I'm a little dubious about the no rocker thing. If the boat draws almost a meter, then without any rocker, wouldn't the transoms be deeply...
I'd think it might be less likely to cause ventilation, since any disruption of the flow of air downward would be a good thing. But I'm just...
I think it's true that surface-piercing foils are inferior to end-stopped foils. Consider the Stiletto 27, which came originally with a...
This is only true if ease-of-engineering is your main design goal. In most other respects, cats make better cruising machines. That's why an...
Frank, I'm sure you'll see us in the afternoon Friday. I don't know how it goes, since this is my first EC, but we'll have to be inspected, and...
Fanie, I am-- a folder based on a fairly weird idea, which I want to hold off on discussing until I've made a model, at least. I can say that it...
No, this will be my first year to enter, though I went to the start a couple years back, when we had a daughter in school down there. I hope...
Hey Frank We live in NW Florida-- Ft. Walton Beach. I'm trying to get Slider ready for the Everglades Challenge. If you can make it down to the...
I'm too tired to think about it right now-- we're trying to get Slider ready for the Everglades Challenge in a couple of weeks, but in general...
Doug's point is well-taken. I built Slider's hulls as dories, because by adding a chine to approximate a semi-circular section, the displacement...
I don't.
This is not necessarily true. Leeboards, for example, can have their pivot point below the gunwale, and be supported at the gunwale by a...
This reminds me a bit of the idea I had for a folding cat. I like the idea of a line actuated mechanism, and it would be pretty simple to...
I agree, though honesty compels me to mention that with Slider, the boat's behavior at high speed is really not an issue. I'm a fairly cowardly...
