Rob, Thanks! That sounds good, I'll have to think abit more about it. The keel will most likely be Weldox, slimmer fin, much cheaper and easier...
Eric, Yes, Weldox looks really great, and the 700grade seems to cost about 2.5Euro/kg so its alot cheaper then carbonfiber. I should thinks...
Hi everybody, sorry to take so long time to reply, been way to busy. Rob, thank you very much for the figures and your help! The prices sounds...
But, its not really the sails that load the rig, its the hull, or the RM. In an upwind situation, if you heel 30degrees you will always have the...
Omeron, thank you for your answer! No, I´m not really worried about fatigue. But still, composites are better;) It would never rust either;)...
Yeah, Ramona, I´ll check that out! But I feel that a real bulbkeel, not a fin filled with lead is the way to go. I´ve been reading about a few...
Wardi, thank you for your answer! You mean I should build the fin completly in stainless? Like a framework inside and stainless "plates" around?...
Hi everyone! As some might remember I´m buildning a modern version of an old Swedish production Wasa 55yacht, a decendant to the even older...
Rick, Thats wonderful! Thank you very much! Actually I have made an drawing in Delftship on the boat, I´ll post it here, maybe you can use it?...
Rick, Thanks! Yes, I also think it should work great, but as I said, got mostly negative response here in Sweden:) But then again, none of them...
Rick, You think it would work with a saildrive? I already have an old dieselengine with a saildrive, its an Volvo Penta MD11C with the 110S...
Rick, Thanks for your answer! The workshop I work in weld alot of stainless, thats most of what we do, build primarily windows for yachts:) So...
Will, You speak about building a stainless propeller as if it was pretty easy to get a good working high efficiency propeller, is it so? I...
Yeah, I also felt that 500sg meters sounds extreme, isnt the Volvo 70s A-sails something like that? I´m planning to get a 150-170sgm a-sail for...
