I live in Spokane, but I would be willing to come down and race you during the festival. I plan to build myself a PD this summer and a race would give me a...
Well, lets help you all get to know me a little better. About two years ago, i was really into woodworking, this past year though I slacked off quite a bit and...
NOTE: I am not sure how this yahoo group thing works, i sent a message Via the group message email, but i am not sure who that goes to. So here is a repost of...
So while it's quiet..... if you're thinking about stepping up to a bigger boat, here are a few pics of the historic ten footers on the water in Brisbane last...
I am within days of beginning building a dinghy for my Weekender - for the trip up to the San Juan Islands in July. Any plans available for those boats? Andrew...
Will you be starting with no pre-cutting, no pre-painting, no pre- marking? Will you have help from a competent assistant? Will your nail gun be fully...
Anyone want to go to Lake Powell for a long weekend? My wife can't go and I have friends from Michigan who trailered their boat here to explore the lake for a...
Not only will the parts be pre-cut, I am considering pre-attaching the chine logs to the sides so assembly is a straight forward 'Glue-n-Screw' We'd go 3D in...
Howdy Tim, your "amateur opinion" is worth a lot more than some of the opinions of us "professionals" - you have actually tried it to find the limits!!!! Of...
Just doing my part. Just doin' my part. Little story: When I was getting my Master's in Adult Education, I was asked to 'Find a guiding quote, some statement...
An offset daggerboard attached to a side airbox is much like what I have, as you can see in this photo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdracer/spnew It's...
Andrew: Perhaps you should let the future owners of the boats decide. I, myself, still favor side centerboards or leeboards (when there are two) because of...
This is actually an interesting point. Oz folks: have any newbie sailors taken out your boats yet? It'd be interesting to compare their speed with an...
the board is wide enough at 12"x1'x3.5 feet I guess what I was looking at was, if I could cut off the bottom secton where I preped it for leadingwhich would...
Shine up your ducks! Tim C. and I will be sponsoring the First annual mid-south PDR championship at Concord Park on Fort Loudoun Lake at Knoxville, Tn. on...
I plan on going over the grey tape with some tarp tape then covering all the tape in the blue stuff which is the same color as the sail!! stiffness in the...
It was an overcast day but there was a steady 8-10 mph wind, so I took out version 3 of hull #59 to measure tacking angle. As described in post 10354 ...
Howdy Phil, I think yhou need all three of the factors you mention to make a boat go really well. So clearly you'll have to move to either Australia or New...
Howdy Tim, I haven't measured things as carefully as you but I would probably say that is about the right area. I find to get the OZ PDRs upwind efficiently I...
Ahoy Tim, Interesting math you did. I've heard that a 12-meter (America Cup) can tack through about 60 degrees. However, I feel that the closer you can sail...
Hi Ronald, Pointing angle is how close you can sail to the wind. A 30 degree pointing angle would be fantastic. The PDR points to an adequate degree, enough...
I read an artical that Shorty had wrote about recovering from an eventual capsize he mentioned that after righting the boat and drifting out into deep water he...
This is an interesting study. But the practical information is known as VMG (velocity made good) or "speed of advance" this measurement has been made much...
ok lets just call it shp 1shp=1hp (shp really stands for shaft horse power) how many shp do i need for an electric inboard motor for my beloved sea ear mite...
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