Same thing Ad Hoc told you in the other thread, extend the lines straight back from the widest point of the hull, then create a new hull shape...
That's your boat in its original design as a sailboat. The grey block at the bottom end of the keel fin represents the 17 000lbs of ballast that...
Well it depends on what you're hoping for. Solving the issue or solving it cheap. I don't know your budget, so I can't say if you'll be able to...
For a quick build, Gentry's Splinter. The Splinter Outrigger Sailing Canoe https://gentrycustomboats.com/boats/splinter.html For a longer boat to...
In order to build such a craft you would have to incorporate some sort of diagonal stiffener into the structure. There are two main ways of doing...
I suppose you want to build a model, digital or real, to study the habitability? Or what do you expect from building a model? The problem is that...
bruceroberts is having a fire sale on full plans? His website only mentions one 40ft cat, and it's a power/sail model. If you like it and...
Stiched fabrics are those where the fibers are held parallel by a separate thread that isn't structural (straight fibers have better strenght), so...
Power or sailboat? I have not bought study plans from Roberts but you don't usually get offsets or enough details to be able to build a scale...
I'll cite the Gougeon book: Epoxy coating of wood, one layer: 0.14kg/m2, minimum of two layers needed, three for the outside. Laminating 330g/m2...
You are asking a bunch of philosophical questions. Most plywood boats are engineered such that the ply is sufficient to take all the loads. Any...
Small quantities of polyester compatible foam usually come from a can. Now for this I wouldn't go buy a new can, I would just take a cardboard...
From a technical point of view you can build a wood deck over plastic drums. How much wood and where, and how many barrels depends on the total...
The answer is yes, boats buildt mainly from bamboo (other then rafts) exist in Vietnam, altough today they are becoming less common. You can read...
Guys, the Oz Goose is a 12 ft plywood box. It has two construction methods, ply on frame and stich&glue. The ply on frame version uses fiberglass...
Use the epoxy even if it's for flooring, just make sure it's not diluted, somewhere in the technical data sheet it should say 100% solids epoxy,...
First: Because waterproofing everything is not really required, it's really hard to do well, and even if you spend the money some systems are...
Oh you unbeliever, here's the required proof that the two topics are one, it swims. Now before you ask why they didn't print the transom together...
Canoe body draft. The boat is what the french call a "deriveur integral" a centerboarder with inside ballast (I think this is the only type of...
You need to go back to he basics. What's "shallow water capability" for you in numbers or what does the boat need to be able to do? Let's take the...
