I am working for a client who intends to keep his yacht in Chesapeake. There are numerous papers written on Lightning Protection and no two...
Could someone point me in the direction of the appropriate CE regulations regards keel attachments. This is a retorical question because ISO...
Curve of Areas There is a Sparkman & Stephens curve of areas in Skene's, I guess that this is probably as good as any (respect I think is the...
IRC Optimisation Have a look at the IRC form in the IRC yearbook. Anything that is performance enhancing but not measured is worth exploring....
You might also make a group of a group, before exporting to modelmaker, this tends to be cleaner, without the wayward points. i.e. make a group...
Three people have tried varients of the theme, one with an adjustable tab on the bottom of a rudder daggerbox cassette, one with tilting pintles...
Lofting Lines I would agree with Andrew, I dont think I have had much success using programs where you press the button to loft a surface...
I use the following method in Autoship; Trace the stations onto drawing film as cleanly as possible, ensure that there is a centreline and...
You don't need to set an assymetric on a pole fixed to the hull, you could set an assymetric spinnaker on a conventional pole (or longer) which...
Perhaps I should have re-phrased my question "Has any idea what leeway angles are acheived when sailing a monohull to windward?"
Whilst on this thread, any thoughts on leeway angles?
Angle Of Attack Having a new centreboard and looking for a good section (National 12 slightly slower than Merlin Rocket!) My constraints are,...
National 12 Hi Tim, How about designing and building a National 12, they are cheap to build, have a great fleet, and are probably the most...
I understand that there is still much revision due on this standard. Alternatives are the ABS standards, on which the ISO has much in common or...