... out? I like it! I saw it on a picture of the Michilak IMB. I did it that way because I wanted the foredeck sealed for flotation. I moved my bulkhead...
And a fine looking fid it is... As for sources... we in San Diego are fortunate that our local maritime museum (http://www.sdmaritime.com/) is large enough...
My Sunfish has one. I just checked the Sunfish parts index and they call it a coaming. I've always considered a coaming to be something similar to a bulwark...
No, I think cutwater is the point at the bow where it slices into the waves... I was thinking "sheerwater" might be it, but it didn't strike that spark of...
Yeah, a coaming it is, to be sure, but it's still a special kind, with it's unique name. It's REAL purpose is to slow the boat down when the bow submarines,...
Sorry for the long wind here... They are an 13/4" diameter anodized aluminum tube with one end necked down 1 1/2 ". There is a hole in the big end that mates...
I have in the past put "splashboards" on a boat that was a bit wall sided forward ( those who know the New Zealand backyard Boatbuilder have a look at the shot...
Sprayrail? Mike ( used to be a know-it-all) in Mississippi--- In DinghyCruising@yahoogroups.com, "jwboatdesigns" <jwboatdesigns@x> ... sided ... a look at ...
They were at one time quite common on the bluff bowed and shallow hulled hard chine racing dinghies ( circa mid 1950s) that were the norm here before the...
In a message dated 5/1/2003 6:59:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... When I built one of Bolger's and Payson's boats I ran across a term that I did not know....
... Could do it all with knots - no cleats - unless there's a sailtrack in the way. And even then you could retie the knots every time... you'll get quick & ...
I hate to be selling my Blackberry but I can't use it, I am to big and stiff to get in and out any more. My last knee replacement did me in. The boat is 11'-3"...
I Use "Snotters" on quite a few of my smaller boats. And if set up in the usual way they make reefing nearly impossible. Howevert there ie a way to do it. ...
In a message dated 5/3/2003 11:10:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... It is a curved boom with a pivoted T at the mast end. The arms of the T are slipped under...
... AH! And this wouldn't be half so much fun if you lied, even though they'd never find out. I understand. Snotters work best when the spar in question is...
Ok all being equal other than the bottom, like Jim Michalak's Piccup and Piccup squared. ... From: noah_was_a_boatbuilder To: DinghyCruising@yahoogroups.com ...
To be reasonably efficient they need more rocker than you think, and need to be within Howard Chapelles guidelines of six or more beams to a length for the...
Hi I'm new here, and I am looking to build a little boat to do some protected water sailing. The D4 looks interesting, but a bit small, does anyone know where...
The bottom is just one factor in a vast myriad of possibilities... There are good and bad examples of both... If you tell us which two hull designs you're...
Two answers, the D4 style of boat is stabe, a decent sailor, and can carry lots of weight, you could simply get the free plans and scale them up a bit....
... From: Phil Collins pcollins@... Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 17:32:37 -0000 ... carry lots of weight, you could simply get the free plans and scale <BR> ...
Hello . Here is a couple of photos that I am talking about. the photos are in the Dinghy Cruising group. titled "Chines". the boats are Piccup squared,...
Not the way I see it. We're not talking grand rescaling nor are we talking about a delicate balance of performance and speed etc... it's a D4! A small...
8ft to 11 ft is close to a 50% scale up! If you are going to carry a similar load you will need less displacement for the length, ( lower D/l ratio) which...
First, thanks for the tip in the free site, there is so much there it is hard to choose. And second, I would LOVE a bigger D4 style boat (hmmmm, 50% bigger,...
... All of your constraints sound so reasonable to me, that I'm tempted to ask for more constraints. There are countless designs that meet what you've asked...
