Even if you found an "off the shelf" product, (quite unlikely,) you'd still have to fabricate and install a mounting scheme. At some point you'll...
Pretty much, at low SL ratios even a barge can move along without disturbing the water, it's when speed increases that drag and wave making...
^ Yes, you are correct, and no line drawn on paper can describe/define the path that those molecules take on their path when they "run" from bow...
After over 65 years of pouring over plans and reading what designers and commentators have to say and the terminology they used, I'll stand by...
Every designer has their "methods", that said, diagonals were generally used as a "check" on the fairness of the curves that delineated the shape...
If you look at the lines of a vessel in profile the buttock lines basically define the "Run" of the hull. Flatter lines disturb the water less as...
If they allowed 2 more feet of length I'd be tempted to enter an Alajuela 38 Mk II, (tall rig). Some might laugh, but they're a surprisingly...
Shallow hulled boats of carvel planking, (particularly of bent frame construction along with lots of cabin/cockpit structure and but little real...
Particularly in sailboats with keel stepped masts, a bulkhead is placed close to the mast to take compression loads on the hull. The shrouds try...
Bulkheads can be thought of as a diaphragm, and even a thin one can offer great strength depending upon its free span and presence or lack of...
In the old days when even skilled labor was cheap, lapstrake construction was a fast way to build. No hollowing/rounding/fairing like carvel, and...
OP, finally after 3 pages some revealing info comes to light, (part of the boat is missing). Rumars has hit the key point. An old saying; "When...
I'm assuming the boat will have a fairly distinctive "scum line" that shows where it has been floating. With the boat at rest the CB and the CG...
With the boat hauled out and fairly level you should be able to ascertain the "real" waterline where the boat actually floats pretty well. Go...
Water tanks for ballast work well in submarines and freighters. Not so well in small volumes. Fresh water = ~62 lbs. per cu ft. Typical 3K psi...
