Ron, The one I know like this is Warren Bailey's 'Flyaway' http://www.common-sense-boats.com/boats/Sail_Boats/flyaway.htm The drawings are simply scaled by...
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Mark Albanese
marka@...
Oct 1, 2000 9:06 am
Peter, That ( plus arm twisting ) is how Gates did it, huh?...
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Mark Albanese
marka@...
Oct 1, 2000 9:06 am
Peter, That ( plus arm twisting ) is how Gates did it, huh? Mark...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Oct 1, 2000 1:35 pm
... so much ... Can you name a single person who has made what could even be described as a small fortune as a yacht designer? The most successful seem to top...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Oct 1, 2000 2:18 pm
... In general, airplanes try not to operate in an aqueous environment. I can suggest a couple of approaches with respect to estimation. Do you have Excel or...
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mike goodwin
panmanii@...
Oct 1, 2000 3:02 pm
Just seaplanes !...
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John Perry
j_perry@...
Oct 1, 2000 4:17 pm
... Of the countless thousands or millions of boats that have been drawn there are just a handful which stand out above the rest. Such classics are the best of...
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Michael B. Holt
mholt@...
Oct 1, 2000 4:44 pm
... *deep sigh* ... Good idea; I'd not thought of using Excel. Which is odd, because I use it for everything else. ... For hard chined-fuselages, isn't it? ...
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freedem@...
Oct 1, 2000 6:22 pm
October snuck up on me with out starting to build a boat. still hope to get one done for this fall and wonder if I'm the on'y one and how many are planing to...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Oct 1, 2000 6:59 pm
And furthermore... It is easier on every level to design a successful small boat (excluding racers & other extremes) than a large one - and certainly easier to...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Oct 1, 2000 7:53 pm
1. yes, method 1 would only be completely accurate for hard chine shapes. 2. for angles, you will need arctangents. I bet Excel functions use radians not...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Oct 1, 2000 8:59 pm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2902/ The link above has online curve-fitters, online simpson's rule solver, other such stuff. Seek and ye shall click....
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Oct 1, 2000 11:12 pm
JE Sort of. I got a 19ft 8inch x 6 ft 8 inch carvel boat with about 6 layers of glass on it on a servicable trailer with brakes from the dump for $180. (=95...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:08 am
Lew I cant find the original em. The guts of the competition is this. (The issue of Classic Boat Mag that lays it out is not here yet so I cant answer a lot of...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:30 am
Peter, I was trying for a bite! To be serious, I think anyone with enough clues to design boats would also have enough clues to know that this occupation...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:24 am
A long and complex argument on this is raging on the Multihull list. I see the answer as very simple..a cat to take say a couple cruising generally weighs a...
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Bryant Owen
mariner@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:28 am
Jeff Slightly off boat topic but I felt I had to say something to someone closer to the action. Since I've been down with the flu the last couple of weeks I've...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:11 am
Peter, other than the Easport stockpile, which is a pretty good argument, do you have any kind of explanation for your rather sweeping statement that schooners...
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Ron Badley
badley@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:12 am
Oh, Jeff. You just can't sell plans for "boats" for less than a hundred bucks and expect to do much better than cover your costs. Dinghys and little boats...
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gmatkin@...
Oct 2, 2000 9:12 am
... have any kind of explanation for your rather sweeping statement that schooners wont sail to windward?? Isn't it due to the aerodynamics of the rig? It...
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Julie E Johnson
juliejj@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:05 pm
Gav, ... OH contrair mon ami... I contacted you about your trow myself!! ... I wouldn't consider Summer Breeze a particularly good design, just almost as...
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mike goodwin
panmanii@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:09 pm
I have to say this is about as valid as " multihulls wont sail to windward " . It depends on the boat and the skipper in my opinion . I have sailed on and in...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:38 pm
This from editor/judge Jeff ... From: <Andrew_Bray@...> To: <jgilbert@...> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 7:09 PM Subject: Design LOA for...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:58 pm
... I was being ironic. The New England coasting schooner made its living carrying stone and lumber and whatever else from Maine "up" to Boston. It's true that...
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gmatkin@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:15 pm
... That'll be a relief Jeff! Gavin _________________________________________________ The simple way to read all your emails at ThatWeb http://www.thatweb.com...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:21 pm
... This is a matter of expectation. The J-22 and Capri 22 (I own one) each have 650-700 lbs of ballast in a deepish keel. By that standard, 800 lbs in an...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:25 pm
Jeff, In terms of your Four Stages of Boat Plans, which stage do you expect in the Duckworks Competition? PHV...
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Hal Lynch
hal@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:28 pm
... snip ... snip Been dual booting a laptop for some time now with no problems using Redhat. The key I think is to get the disk partitions right before you...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:43 pm
Yes, the key is leave 'em alone even if they're wrong. Don't mess with partitions (theory be damned, it just never works out) ... ===== "In theory, there is...
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Julie E Johnson
juliejj@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:40 pm
Ever been in a sail craft that slowed down to 15 knots? It was a first for me. About a year and a half ago I told a friend (who has the need for speed) about...
