scow

I would like to build myself or contract with someone to build a wooden, shallow draft workboat hull with LOA LxW dimensions of roughly 49’x16’. Intended use is as a platform on which to construct appropriate weight and height cabins and pilothouse out of lightweight materials to create a...

Hi, I am designing a sailing scow. I know the theory of CG and CB and metacentric height, and resulting roll period. However, differing distribution of mass for the same CG must have an effect on roll period, right? In the example of my sailing scow, which will have rectangular sections, if...

Having studied the thread From Classic Bow to Scow Bow by @Dolfiman, and the post Latest Evolutions and Revolution in the Class40 by François Chevalier, I am convinced that scow bow is the way to go for the boat I am developing - a 26-foot "performance cruiser". A reputable Dutch firm had this...

Hello boat lovers, I have a doubt about the prismatic coefficient of a scow boat. It is said that the Cp should be between 0,5 and 0,6. But it is the same for scow boats? I'm designing a scow boat (LOA: 8,75 m , Beam : 3 m , Draft: 1,9 m). And the Cp is 0,62. Is it too high? Or it is possible...

My wife and I were talking about the Pacific Garbage Patch (PGP), and hit upon an odd idea. The PGP is almost all floating plastic. Recyclers buy mixed plastic scrap for $260 a ton. If you could live on your boat and gather 20 tons of plastic a month, you could just barely make a living for a...

This is the actual pattern I made for the sailmaker and which I couldn't resist putting on the boat just to see how it looks. It's 1900 sq.in(13.2 sq.ft.) and good up to about a 10mph wind(8.7knots) as long as the boat is equipped with a Trapeze Power Ballast System and is foiling. The rotating...

Free plan ! 8 foot cruising sailboat for a lonely captain, and a little daysailer for youngsters. This is a scale down of my own Scow 450. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/delaunay/s244free/

Free plan ! 8 foot cruising sailboat for a lonely captain, and a little daysailer for youngsters. This is a scale down of my own Scow 450. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/delaunay/s244free/

Free plan ! 8 foot cruising sailboat for a lonely captain, and a little daysailer for youngsters. This is a scale down of my own Scow 450. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/delaunay/s244free/

Free plan ! 8 foot cruising sailboat for a lonely captain, and a little daysailer for youngsters. This is a scale down of my own Scow 450. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/delaunay/s244free/

Free plan ! 8 foot cruising sailboat for a lonely captain, and a little daysailer for youngsters. This is a scale down of my own Scow 450. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/delaunay/s244free/