KJELL where are you. Kjell Dahlberg has been working with this design, without the computer/ hydraulic bits. MUCH simpler. From my own experiences...
Apparently in Darwin nth Australia there is high demand for ally boats and not much for glass as they have problems in tropical waters. I have...
I agree with Trouty, Taught myself mig then went to tech for more info and tig is SLOW and after seeing my friend use a tig to build an offroader...
We built a 16 footer if that helps, Very easy.
This tube price was for a full 6.5 meter length (around 20 ft)
I have built a couple of 16ft tris and a cat with aluminium and learned thru trial and error with a mig then took a tech course. The main problem...
Any idea of the date? Must try to find out. What I meant on this thread was that the wingsail will trim itself to the apparent with no need for...
Here is an older picture of the tri. A spitfire wing it is not , YET but working on it.
Have a look at www.wingsails.net .my tri is there and also the cat with 1 wing ,have added an extra wing to the cat and sold it pictures not up...
Has anyone seen a conventional rig track the wind automatically yet?
The sailing club does not exist at Copeton any more I just try against others that sail there. If you are interested there is a very active club...
Not much racing at Copeton and when there are cats around they sail off in a different direction mostly. Have had some runs with others a while...
Gentlemen, Lets not get too academic with wingsail vs softsail theory. Wingsails ,unless incredibly built or sailed would always have more lift...
There is no set formula that I am aware of, it depends on how stable you want it to be and how much of a problem being too wide is eg on a trailer...
Hi Kjell, to reply to masrapido the answer is simple. Put the wing in neutral. A wingsail with a "tail" like Kjells or mine (wingsails.net) will...
