Re design, What is too much help to ask for ?

Discussion in 'Sailboats' started by globaldude, Nov 3, 2006.

  1. globaldude
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    globaldude court jester

    How accomadating are you fellow members ?. There are many a designer amongst you all, I, am not !.
    I'm trying to build my own yacht as I can't afford or find what suits our needs/wants , but before I can go much further I need to make decisions as to placement and size of Daggerboards [ in my case] affecting the CLR ,and rig size / placement.
    I know there are recognized ratios, sail area / displacement [ don't know those yet ] , I can work out my centre of effort , [but is my sail plan big enough ? ] and CLR , but the placement in % of waterline leangth ??

    I , like many others no doubt, joined this fantastic forum because of it's wealth of knowledge [ the members ] not to mention the whit & sarcasim - reads Humor - and have learnt so much and am gratefull for all advice to date
    If I were to post some line drawings, dimentions,displacment etc, am I asking too much from profecional people for help advice via this forum ?.
    I'm thinking that many of you designers enjoy the "shop talk" , and am not cynical enough to think that you visit here to hook clients.
    I think on the whole, generally speaking, the members are a clever and experienced lot , more so in their paticular field .
    I am an engineer, but don't have initials after my name, those that have, have said I should work for them . I will build our yacht, but need to ask about things I will learn.
    I'll post some lines of the hull as I brought her. The decks are all but removed now as I'll be flush decking her - she needed the extra bouyancy & us the room . I'll also be dropping the keel [ what keel !? ] 150mm to give her some bite at low speeds with boards up.
    Can't seem to post the pics ? - I'll try later.
     
  2. globaldude
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    Couldn't load the ADOBE files ??, I'll try to ??, what ?, copy them and paste in another file them try ?? . I'm not to computer savy.

    I thought I'd show you'all the main engine to be installed, about 70hp brushless electric motor / alternator .
     

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  3. globaldude
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    AHH, got em !. If at first you don't suckseed , try smokin it !!
     

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