I suppose it's back to Larsson and Eliasson then, to see what I can glean from those learned pages. There must be someone somewhere who has done...
Hi Tim, Nice looking boat. What was the sail areas, and how did she go ?? At 1.5m beam she seems slender by today's skiffy standards, but...
HI Foster, Here is an intriguing write-up of "rules:" The centreboard should be about 4 per cent of the sail area. Marchaj There should...
I have been busy doing important work on a CNC machine, which will make my life a lot easier when building of the boat starts, and was pleasantly...
16.5 foot dayboat - racing version
Hi Ian, I see there is a new thread called cruising/racing dinhghy design, which is what we discussed, and I think we can continue the...
Hi Doug, Myself and Ian were discussing a thread exactly like this yesterday, so thanks for the effort, if you don't mind us crashing the...
Hi Ian, It seems we have similar goals. Although I'm a bit apprehensive of suggesting it, why don't we flash up a new thread to keep things...
Thanks for the answers on rocker. My new boat has 4 inches of rocker, boat is 16.5 ft long. Who knows what it will do ??
Well, I'm glad that rocker is mentioned, because I'd like to try and understand that a little better as well. How is it defined, measured, and...
Hi Mikels, Just to repeat what has already been said, the expansion of the acrylic is a lot more than one expects, so be sure to leave enough...
I can see why Cp is not all that counts. The factors I am also looking at and trying to get a handle on, is effect of rocker and longitudinal...