... It happens. It even happens to well known people. I understand Dave Swarbrick (of Fairport Convention) very much enjoyed his obituary in The Telegraph a...
... I don't know how far apart the beams that connect the two hulls are, and if you plan to have the centerboard case under the platform for the tent, or...
... When you click it, then the next day the delivery service will bring you a hull to the entered specifications, and you will have to pay for it. Stefan...
... He was answering a question about the difference in effect of inside and outside ballast, and he took the opportunity to explain about some commonly held...
... It generates a .hul file according to the design you've outlined by your inputs. See the help file for how to save, basically you SELECT ALL, cut'n'paste ...
... Wouldn't THAT be nice? Actually, though I have NO INTEREST IN DOING THIS, the basic technology exists. HULLS generates coordinates which need only to be...
... I forgot to add: If you read the fine-print, then you will notice, that once every year there is a special anniversary discount. However, in order to...
That is a pretty harsh assessment of a well written piece of information. That he did not include what you wanted to hear with respect to waves and shape is...
... Stephan, I can't imagine how you figured this out. Maybe you're interested in an email I got from a nice man in Nigeria who has a problem with "$28,000,000...
... I once heard an MIT professor on a TV show say "Mother Natures enforces ALL her laws ALL the time." Whom am I to say not. But I think that conservation of...
... displacement is about ... I'm beginning to think that I haven't been very clear in my description of the plan. I guess I need to put up a sketch or two. ...
... It's funny how often common sense turns out to be neither. One of the most interesting conclusion that (I think) Marchaj came to in his analysis of the...
It seems to me opinions (and all writing is just opinion based on incomplete/inadequate data) should not be couched in personally negative attacks (ad...
In one of the pictures that Tord posted was a canoe / outrigger unit where the centreboard had a tube going through the top section. The board would be raised...
Mikhail: What MacNaughton mentioned was just one factor in the equation, where sometimes the other factors will change, or even render opposite, what he...
Whoops, maybe I was a bit harsher than I intended. What I wanted to respond to is that Mr. MacNaughton gave a very incomplete answer that is contradicted by...
Ray: Marchaj emphasized that the masts, even though they were very light in relation to the rest of the boat, had an inordinate effect on roll moment. It was...
... Peter was and is the moderator of my choice, certainly! :-)) Gavin -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308...
Hi, I would just like to add my viewpoint to the thread about boat dynamics (the pendulum effect). I am speaking as an engineer who has some knowledge of ...
Okay, just one more question. I like to look at a pretty varnish job as much as the next guy, but I think I've put in enough time on varnish to last me the...
There is nothing more expensive then cheap paint , use a single paint polyurethane paint like Brightsides . Pittsburg makes a latex/acrylic called Pitt-Tech @...
... is ... I'm partial to Kirby's paint. Everyone knows that. If George Kirby IV's paint was the highest priced paint on the planet (which it isn't), I would...
Dear All, now that this special discount day (Subject line "Fool's request) is over, and Lew probably can start a new business.... ... a bit more back to...
... The same goes for me, in that the design side of boats are a new interest. But I have quite a wide experience about aircraft and aerodynamics, if mainly in...
It is going to take me a month of Sundays to digest that and another month to figure out a reply. Can I just revert back to my surfboard and other experiences...
... job as much as the next guy, but I think I've put in enough time on ... Now, I can do decent joinery-- I've made fine furniture, and so I could build...
Cetol looks about as natural , as that suntan in a bottle does ! A really good paint ,available anywhere is , Rustoleum. If you are using epoxy 1st , acrylic...