I own a small (30 foot) catamaran. Before I bought it, it had two diesel engines inboard. These were seized which didn't really bother me as I wanted to convert to electric anyway and did that using two electric outboards. As an electric the boat works beautifully (videos on youtube, Sailing...
Hi I am looking for advice on designing a jet boat. My son lives on a shallow river and has been introduced to the idea of building a 12/13 ft Jet Boat. He has a couple of friends who race them so wants to make and race his own. We have purchased a 3D CAD package Solidworks. I have experience...
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I am working on a project where I have to make an open box using a kevlar-nomex-kevlar lamination. My concern is that it looks hard to glue perpendicullary two nomex sheets in order to achieve a 90-degree angle because the nomex doesen't offer a good glueable surface on its cut...
I will start by saying, "I am not a Naval Architect." That said, I've been around sailing boats my entire life, so I am quite confident and comfortable around them.
A friend is looking to buy a larger sailboat. I was helping him look over an '83 O'Day 28. While not know for their excessive...