All the best wishes for a joyful (and well deserved!) retirement! We'll miss you here, so please visit from time to time! And should your...
Your understanding of Froude is apparently superior to anybody else's (probably including Froude himself...), so why don't you explain it to us?
And if that home-designed and home-built boat sank in the middle of the ocean with your loved ones on board...?
What!!! You had a computer!? Lucky you! ;)
You've got it all right! Use a heel angle of 90 degrees and a safety factor of 5. Using only one bolt is a very bad idea. If it wasn't, you would...
Then you should start studying! Although four years of studying will probably cost you more than hiring a professional... Or, to put it another...
You said it - the problem is lack of stability! And this is not solved by adding daggerboards. My suggestion is to build a deeper keel with the...
I would at least need a lines drawing, a GA and a Materials Specification. But most of all, I would need some time, which you, unfortunately,...
Sorry, but your reasoning doesn't make any sense! ...it just adds weight is pure rubbish! Of course, you should design the panel to be stiff...
I don't see a bulkhead in the lower left corner! What I do see is a frame.
Sorry - forgot the long chord! "Should be enough" is not enough when lives are at stake!
That's too thin! You should go to 10-12% thickness for the keel fin. Have you thought about the keel bolt arrangement? With a thin keel section...
Thank you! Personally, I prefer Youngs Laminar Body, but you can't find it anywhere on the 'net!
...but it most certainly means that the leading end should be much finer ("thinner"). Try searching these pages for bulbs - I'm sure you'll find...
Are you sure that he suggests? A design is not just a suggestion - it is based on the designers experience and knowledge about what will work and...
