Canoe Sailing Magazine has changed it's name to Skinny Hull, I guess because the word "canoe" has become too limiting. The first issue on line, and has some...
Someone is saying the crab claw has come out on top in a sail comparison test in France. Or at least in French. http://www.lukawskiyachts.com/mona/class.htm ...
I have a project in mind that would involve VPP calculations plus producing polar plots. I'm not sure what platform to use. A browser-scripting language would...
I looks like it wants to pinch something. ________________________________ From: Peter <pvanderwaart@...> To: boatdesign@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
I wouldn't put too much stock in these tests: 1) it barely edged out the second place finisher 2) based on only two tests sailing around a triangle 3) some,...
reminds of the other comparrison test between rigs http://slidercat.com/blog/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/fastestrig/fastestrig3.jpg  "There is magic in the...
... Agreed, but I'm still looking for a definition. For example, there are some pictures of a Wharram catamaran here: http://wharram.com/melanesia.html It...
... Traditional crabclaws were made of woven frond, much stiffer than modern sailcloth and much rougher. Â Obviously these properties were not retained. Â But...
I've used perl and Ruby to generate SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics - quickly for non-realtime plots that can be easily displayed in almost anything (browser,...
... Javascript has quirks when it comes to computation. It's likely to evaluate 1+1 as 11 when your back is turned. Taking care that it won't complicates...
Basically, a crab claw rig is a long sail between two curved spars. That's about the only thing that is universal to the design. As far as how they are flown:...
... I'm going to adopt this approach. It involves a number of things I've used in the past but mostly forgotten (Java, HTML) with things I've not used before...
I often admire the quality of the plys when I see it in the supply store. I have used it for other applications, but nothing below the water line. Does anyone...
If you've used it take a piece of scrap and boil it for an hour. If the layers don't delaminate you're good. (Note that I have used 3mm doorskins before for a...
Where do you get ultraply? ________________________________ From: Hajo Smulders <hajosmulders@...> To: boatdesign@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January...
I get it from my local lowes. They have it marked as 'underlayment'. It's easy to recognize: It has UltraPly XL printed in large letters on one side. Not all...
I've used 1/8" / 3mm doorskins for boat projects, only I made sure the doorskins were not from Lowes. There's an independent lumberyard that sells doorskins...
I used 4 layers of 1/8" doorskin to laminate the roundhouse on the Jani J. Glued up with Tightbond III. Epoxy resin soaked & glassed on the outside. Very...
I live across the street from the water and want to build a small light weight cat power boat that will hold two people but still be able to pull it out on a...
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Im looking to make some stand up paddles and need some fiberglass handle tubing preferably in a teardrop 1" wide by 1.5". As far thickness Im not sure about an...
Olin Stephens presented 9th Chesapeake Sailing Symposium in 1989. This was after he retired. The paper, entitled "Guides to the Approximation of Sailing Yacht...
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Let me give you a little more info. I'm not sure if this will whet your appetite or dampen your enthusiasm. As might be expected for Olin Stephens, the program...
