Roberts catamaran plans have no respect from multihull sailers.
I would be looking elsewhere for more modern designs, you have given virtually nothing to go on but I would suggest Woods and Simpson for solid...
Trailable and demountable are not the same thing, especially for catamarans. Trailable generally means expand the trailer make the connections...
The reality that I've noticed is that even trailable mono's tend to get parked at the yacht club the trailer license expires and thats where they...
Pretty impressive, not just the sailing but the drone work !
Another no vote for a sliding system here.I have enough trouble keeping boat hooks and tiller extensions working ! Apart from sand and salt and...
Go Sailing. If it breaks it's too light If it doesn't break it's too heavy
The cedar hulls were built male, the FRP hulls female, the early FRP hulls were foam sandwich with a vinylester skin, a one off (racing) special...
And just to be thorough, this phenomenon is magnified when planking in foam.
I worked in a yard in Henderson WA that built 3 strip planked cedar hulls for the Farr 9.2. The last one was used to make a grp mould. This was...
Those hulls with fat midsection and fine ends will hobbyhorse like a mother f*cker
SolGato Hello there, I just wanted to thank you for your contributions on the HH tramp variants and the Ostac boats. Based on your and...
SolGato, Thank you so much for your perspective, greatly appreciated. Biggest issue for me is my location, looks like a road trip is on the cards !
Hey Oldmulti Sir, I’m wondering if you could help me out, my partner and I have been looking at the used foldable market and have come to the...
That’s probably the most attractive KSS boat I’ve ever seen !
So have you built a few boats ?
Ropf If I’m not mistaken the weight gains will be made through better use of materials and engineering that production boats rule out due to...
Back in the day, 1978 or so, the business I worked for was pioneering VE in spa tubs and pools, we used VE behind the gelcoat with a 225gm csm....
There must be an acceptable +- ratio otherwise you are chasing .1 or .01 or .001 in order to get the ratio perfect. There is more resin stuck to...
The best mixing regime is the one that works for you, many home building projects are stretched out over such time and un workman like work...