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    i550 hard chine sportboat

    http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/easy-build-but-ugly-bad-idea-37044.html#post448941
    Post by: wheels, May 23, 2011 in forum: Sailboats
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    Accessibility for disabled/old people

    "AND IF YOUR BACKUP CHUTE FAILS, YOU HAVE THE REST OF YOUR AIRBORNE LIFE TO REEL IT BACK IN AND THROW IT OUT AWAY FROM YOUR CHEST" (END DRILL...
    Post by: wheels, May 5, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Dinghy Design: Ideas for High Performance Disabled/Physically Limited Sailing

    I have unfortunately never been sailing. only in the last year or so have i picked up the interest. Ive driven houseboats, jetboats, waverunners,...
    Post by: wheels, Mar 16, 2011 in forum: Sailboats
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    Dinghy Design: Ideas for High Performance Disabled/Physically Limited Sailing

    Let me know when you're ready for a real live test cripple and I'll drive down from Sacramento :)
    Post by: wheels, Mar 16, 2011 in forum: Sailboats
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    Building a lead bulb

    back when I was a welder/machinist we had to occasionally cast our own pieces. one of the more important steps that most laypersons didnt...
    Post by: wheels, Mar 13, 2011 in forum: Sailboats
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    Building a lead bulb

    an idea that I've been pondering since I heard about it would be to use parafin/wax and lead shot/bb's to keep things in place. Mix molten wax...
    Post by: wheels, Mar 13, 2011 in forum: Sailboats
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    Swain BS_36 Stability curve

    as built weight is EVERYTHING. you can run all the theoretical numbers you want through a program to get your curve. But what you end up with is...
    Post by: wheels, Mar 10, 2011 in forum: Stability
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    "Easy to Build" but ugly is a bad idea

    the i550 is one of 3 boats I've been doing alot of research into. Personally I think it is gorgeous. Angular and aggressive. Not to say that a...
    Post by: wheels, Mar 10, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Will my boat plan float?

    yup, i enjoy the mental excercise, took about 10 minutes to sketch up. but as i said I'm no naval architect (yet) i was just trying to give you an...
    Post by: wheels, Mar 7, 2011 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    Will my boat plan float?

    8'x24' simple barge. 8" draft at 8000lbs. sleeping room for 11 if you toss down cushions on the floor. portapoty out back. 6+ feet of headroom....
    Post by: wheels, Mar 6, 2011 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    Designing Catamaran 16-17

    what kind of use are you looking for? A comfortable day sailor, or speed deamon, etc? Slider <- a simple, ply/glass/epoxy design
    Post by: wheels, Feb 23, 2011 in forum: Boat Design
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    Keeping it simple. 16' overnighter

    in that sketch there is 0 rocker, but the bottom (orange) of the hull is narrow enough that i'm not worried about slamming, plus the lakes around...
    Post by: wheels, Feb 19, 2011 in forum: Multihulls
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    Keeping it simple. 16' overnighter

    I have an irrational fear of bridgedeck structures on small cats... :) think something like this would work a little better? (still...
    Post by: wheels, Feb 17, 2011 in forum: Multihulls
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    Keeping it simple. 16' overnighter

    *rig not to scale I just put something up there to get the picture in my head. I guess the number one requirement for the rig is ease of...
    Post by: wheels, Feb 14, 2011 in forum: Multihulls
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    Keeping it simple. 16' overnighter

    Hello, As with all of us who are just starting out my visions of "Ideal" have changed significantly since I first started dreaming of heading...
    Thread by: wheels, Feb 13, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: Multihulls