Eye splices are used.
Here is a video from Florida. [MEDIA]
It was from the Atkins plan Flying Saucer, his version of a keel boat along those lines. The Huntington Yacht Club still exists, you can contact...
A simple web search yielded the following from an Atkins boat plan. During the late twenties the Huntington Yacht Club sponsored the Development...
Sam Devlin writes about in his book on stitch and glue technique; that he carves a half hull and presses a piece of card stock on it to trace the...
My rule of thumb for mouse holes is reality based having cut them in steel plates, I beam and angle bar ends building ship structure. We have no...
In the case where continuous welds are specified for all primary structure, welds are wrapped around the the frame, even the short fillet inside...
Mouse holes have to be large enough for the welder to be able to run a continious bead along the length the stringers. Also big enough for the...
You are asking about a cockpit depth for a 12 M sport fisherman. This 40ft boat has 81mm;...
Ships were built on inclined ways and slid off of them to launch. a wedge shaped inclination board was used with levels to find level and plumb...
You can buy RC bait boats, this one suppose to have quarter mile range and a remotely deploying bait release. [MEDIA]
Here is a marathon canoe with that diamond shape for minimum beam requirements. C1 Marathon Racing Canoe 18'6...
If PP stands for polypropylene, sorry to rain on your parade, but must resins do not stick to it, being that it is non polar.
If you are looking for design inspiration, there already is a boat out there that ticks most all of your boxes. Safehaven Marine's T-2000...
There are a few diesel auxillary sailing double canoes that run on coconut oil.
