Hi all, A happy newyear and lots of boat-building-success to all you kind, hardworking souls. I have two questions regarding my alu yacht. I want to screw alu...
Len, The problem with aluminum against stainless is electrolysis which will eat a way the aluminum. My C22 has an aluminum rudder housing held together with ...
From time to time I run across messages implying that somehow Self supporting aluminum hulls as offered by Greg Elliott http://www.origamimagic.com are not all...
Brent, In a recent post you remarked that you put less of a rake on the transom than you used to. Why is that and what would you recommend for your 36'? I...
Hi all and a happy new year to all of you. Well I am a little late, but I dont always have the time to read this forum although it is one of the nicer and...
More rake wouldn't create a severe problem if the rake isn't severe. excessive rake to the rudder makes it less effective as when put over it sucks the stern...
The term self supporting may be misleading. Perhaps the term "shape supported " or Geometrically supported " may give a clearer picture of the structural...
Greetings to all after my long absence, glad to see the group chugging along at perfect hull-speed! Just a thought, but is there not also a "stress skin"...
There is definitly added strength from the stress. The longitudinals , having been put on while the plate was flat , are under considerable compression when...
Im glad I found this group I have picked many things up just by lurking, My question is how easy does a twin keel, sloop rig, sail? Keeping in mind my Wife are...
have both, all it takes is some cable attached to the tiller and a pulley style wheel, and since it's operated by cable you can make it so it folds into the...
While I have no intention of debating the relative merits of a BS31 as a long term project or as a boat for your long term needs, in reading your post, I...
Sure would appreciate some pointers on how to implement a wheel so that "you can make it so it folds into the bilge, pull it up to use it". Thank you. Courtney...
No don't feel bad about the post, that's kind of what I was feeling anyway, Im sure it's a great offshore design, and the only reason the BS 31' got high on my...
How about 2 separate one person dinghys like an Optimist or Sabot? That's the best way to really learn to sail. I was a sailing instructor with the Canadian...
It isn't necessary to buy a boat to learn to sail. Join a sailing club and use their boats, you'll get experience on a few different kinds of boats. My Brent...
The 31 footer is an excellent boat to learn to cruise in. You can smack into whatever rocks you want without hurting anything. This takes away much of the...
you can attach the wheel to a piece of wood, cables wrapped around a really large piece of dowel, doing it that way means you'll need to turn the wheel a lot...
BTW I'm glad my post helped get the remote wheel/helm topic spinning, Like I told someone that private posted to me, A steel boat appeals to me for all the...
Pardon my obtuseness but what's confusing me is..... "put the wheel down in the bilge". I don't understand what you're describing. Cordially, Courtney...
Mike: You need to decide weather you want to do some "racing" or "crewsing". these origami boats are "crewsing" boats, and you do not need to worry about...
during calm nice weather you can hide it under the floor boards and use the tiller to steer. if normally you don't have enough space for a wheel and keep...
Thank you. Have I now got it that what you are talking about is...... a wheel that somehow connects to a rudder post that is easily removable and the tiller...
The Bones has a trim tab at the aft end of the rudder, and a small "mini-tiller" that pivots on top of the main tiller, somewhat ahead of mid point on the main...
There have been discussions on the site about wind generators and solar panels. Given the awkwardness of these I was wondering if one of the new line of small...
If you don't object to carrying gasoline, a Honda 3000 sells for about $1000, will provide 2.6KW continuous, isn't too loud and weighs about 60lbs, so you can...
You might also check out the Coleman UtiLite. I have not used it, but reportedly it provides 1200 Watts. Either 12 Volts at 100 AMP for charging batteries,...
