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    Spray strake arrangments

    The only thing I have ever heard was from my days at Bertram. Our designer there told me they changed from the ones along the butts because they...
    Post by: Timm, Dec 4, 2009 in forum: Powerboats
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    Dare to Say No

    Rick, Interesting videos on the bikes. I am familiar with recumbents, but didn't realize how fast some of them were going now. I ride a few...
    Post by: Timm, Dec 4, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    SOLD Molds for 24' inboard runabout and center console

    Different folks have different capital available and differing needs for return. I could see a small boatyard wanting to build 6-8 of these a year...
    Post by: Timm, Dec 2, 2009 in forum: Boat Molds
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    Dare to Say No

    Wow, I just read 13 pages of this thread in one night! To start off, I don't think the world is coming to an end because I have A/C in my house,...
    Post by: Timm, Dec 2, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    SOLD Molds for 24' inboard runabout and center console

    I don't know how many molds are involved, but tooling up a hull mold, a couple of deck molds, maybe stringers and then some small parts today...
    Post by: Timm, Nov 12, 2009 in forum: Boat Molds
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    Houston Instruments plotter pens???

    Try Draphix, they still sell them.
    Post by: Timm, Nov 10, 2009 in forum: Software
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    Suitable Book for Small Power Boat Design

    There are very few books dealing with planing hulls. Other than the couple already mentioned, you may want to find a copy of High Speed Small...
    Post by: Timm, Nov 10, 2009 in forum: Powerboats
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    Modeling boats in Freeship-The techniques of Using the sofware

    What drives me crazy is when I export to my CAD program and it tells me the surfaces don't intersect. Then I check the numbers and it is off by...
    Post by: Timm, Nov 9, 2009 in forum: Software
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    The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders, Designers, and Owners

    I use Gerr's book for double checking my calcs on small wooden boats. I also use it to help size things like chine logs and stems as I have never...
    Post by: Timm, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    Printing full sized patterns?

    My client actually used spray glue to glue the patterns to the frame plywood and then just cut them out. Made it really simple to set-up his...
    Post by: Timm, Jul 11, 2008 in forum: Software
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    Printing full sized patterns?

    I use CutePDF as well and have made full size patterns with it. If you don't get all the information you should on the pdf file, check the...
    Post by: Timm, Jul 11, 2008 in forum: Software
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    Bottom strakes

    My own thinking follows closely what Darron suggested. I tend to use them for spray control, so I don't put them too close to the keel for fear of...
    Post by: Timm, Jul 11, 2008 in forum: Powerboats
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    Future Sportfisherman Looks like the Past?

    The big problem with multihulls for fishing is the height of the cockpit and coamings. To wire a billfish, you need to be able to reach over the...
    Post by: Timm, Jul 9, 2008 in forum: Boat Design
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    Freeship hydrostatics question

    Hi Bert, Thanks for your help. I had already looked at that section and it wasn't there. I just went back and double checked and still can't find...
    Post by: Timm, Oct 26, 2007 in forum: Software
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    Freeship hydrostatics question

    I have been playing with Freeship 2.6 a little bit and I have imported a hull using a text file. The hull looks correct but when I run the...
    Thread by: Timm, Oct 24, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: Software