Hi, I am rushing a plywood/fiberglass/epoxy boat build that I need to finish as fast as possible. I am at the stage where the boat has been...
Hi, I am currently improving the ship hydrostatics and stability simulation software that I wrote some years back, and I need some advice. As...
Hey guys, I have an emergency situation where I potentially need to design and build a 4.5m (14.75') stitch&glue boat for this summer because my...
Hey guys. Some of you know me, I've been designing boats for some ~12 years now, around 80 hulls in total, most of which remained on paper, but...
Hi, I am at the stage of building my new 4.5m sailing dinghy when I need to decide on the kind of paint I'll be using. The build is 3D printed...
Hi guys, Merry Christmas! I've begun building a new boat, where the construction is 3D printed core encased in carbon fiber. Imagine like how...
Hi, yet another question related to my new boat project, one of the last things I'm trying to figure out. My boat will be reinforced with carbon...
Hi, I am building a small sailing dinghy with a lug rig. As you probably know, lug rig has massive forces on the halyard and downhaul, which, if...
Hi guys, long time since I posted here. To a surprise of no one, I'm designing my 4th lightweight sailing dinghy for racing in open-class...
I'm designing my next sailing dinghy for racing, and after many experiments with various rigs on my previous projects, I want to go with the...
I've been working with epoxy for many years now, and I've yet to find a convenient way to dispense epoxy and hardener from whatever container they...
As an amateur boatbuilder and a sailor, I've designed and built 3 boats so far, with a 4th one on the way. None of my boats were designed after...
Hi, I am building a free-standing new mast for a racing dinghy I built last summer. The mast is 5.5m (18 ft.) long, and carries a bermudian sail...
Hey guys, I am wondering how feasible would it be to build a hollow tapered fiberglass mast by rolling a typical 4" or wider 6 oz. fiberglass...
Hi guys, I have another question about some issues I've been having with fairing the hull on my new boat. It is a 4-meter open-transom sailing...
Hi, I am building a new boat, and for this one I wanted to have a nicely shaped daggerboard and rudder blades, like so: [IMG] I wanted to use...
Hi, I know this is a weird place to ask, but I think I got sensitized to epoxy resin, and no doctor I talked to, had any clue as to what it is,...
Hi, I have another ambitious project for the next summer. I am designing a plywood sailboat which will have a lot of precision joints (puzzle...
Hi, A few days ago I was discussing with a good sailor friend of mine, about the possible solutions for constructing an auto-bailer for small...
Hi, I would like to know your opinions on enclosed buoyancy compartments on wood/plywood boats, especially the issues of the trapped moisture,...
