Patrick, is this the video you are using as a guide? [MEDIA] You are building a paneled sail from polytarp materials rather than a sail cut from...
The panels of your sail are not 'straight' so to speak. Your first picture, the small panel, is the most affected. To affect this shape in a poly...
My guess is that you are not accounting for the shape of the individual panels adding draft to the sail along with the curves of the luff, leach,...
I am in the second Rhino3D class at Navalapp: https://navalapp.com/courses/yacht-3d-modeling-with-rhino-level-2/
@TANSL yes, there are other calculations to do as well. If only I knew someone who knows and teaches this stuff ...like you! :) @DCockey I don't...
I was told in my yacht design class that one needs three types of software to design boats: - a hull modeller with analysis tools to get the hull...
I have never worried myself over print through with epoxy resin, with the lack of gelcoat, solvents, and slower pace of lamination. Has the boat...
Seems like the OEM already shows the top and bottom molded pieces via colors blue and red: [ATTACH] I like the idea of CNC'ing this out of EPS...
@Nomiddlename, please show us/ let us know how it all turns out. It would be interesting to discuss the next one at the model stage. Is the dark...
I can see them now, thanks. Sure looks like a boat. Did you do the drawings by hand or CAD?
Hello, I am not seeing the pictures.
There is also the polyethylene tarpaulin material, coarse weave covered in plastic. Search for 'polytarp sails' or 'Polysail International'...
The Boatbuilder's Apprentice by Greg Rossel also has a chapter on taking lines. The Boatbuilder's Apprentice - The Ins and Outs of Building...
I downloaded a copy of 'Boats:' for free from Schooner Chandlery. I have yet to read it but I did scroll through it looking for pictures,...
https://schoonerchandlery.com/shop/misc-2/schooner-chandlery-picks/free-e-book-boats-a-manual-for-their-documentation/ Can also be had as a...