Has anybody any information/experience of building any of the wide variety of boats designed by Percy Blandford...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Aug 2, 2000 1:15 am
I was in a bookstore tonight and flipped thru the July issue of Classic Boat. They have an article on a child's boat which is a '1- sheet dory'. Peter...
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Aug 5, 2000 11:24 pm
Sorry - I can't help. You might try rec.boats.building. Gavin ... From: <mgy@...> To: <boatdesign@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 6:00 PM ...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Aug 6, 2000 9:44 am
Hi all, Hartley Tri designs page has probably the most comprehensive design drawings I've had the pleasure of seeing on the web. http://www.trihulls.com/ Their...
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Frank Bales
fbales2000@...
Aug 6, 2000 2:45 pm
Great site Jeff. Thanks. It's one of those sites I'd have never found on my own. Frank Bales Staunton, VA ... ...
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Julie E Johnson
juliejj@...
Aug 6, 2000 2:50 pm
Hey gang, I'm back... Jeff, thank for those links, I saved those eng. charts right away. We'll our boat building pilgrimage lasted over a month and covered...
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Julie E Johnson
juliejj@...
Aug 6, 2000 2:57 pm
I have a question regarding rudder angles. I've never seen the issue addressed anywhere. When we hang a rudder on a raked transom what effect does it have on ...
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Aug 6, 2000 6:00 pm
And thanks from me too Jeff! G ... From: Jeff Gilbert To: Boatdesign eGroup Cc: Brett Gilbert ; Robert des Roches ; ken simons ; Ron Badley Sent: Sunday,...
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Aug 6, 2000 6:03 pm
Welcome back David; it's good to hear from you again. That was quite a trip! Whatever you say, I still think a lot of important stuff will come back to you as...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:53 am
David - Welcome back to the world of work and life and shit. Can't wait for your notes! As regards rudders... Actually it's trickier than that - although I...
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John Perry
j_perry@...
Aug 7, 2000 10:09 am
... For normal rudder steering angles, heel angles and rudder rake angles I would think the effect on handling is quite small since the vertical hydrodynamic...
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Michael B. Holt
mholt@...
Aug 7, 2000 12:20 pm
I think my ISP isn't accepting incoming mail. I've found that messages to myself are bounced after 4 hours, but it's one of those temporary things. For such...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 7, 2000 6:46 pm
... Yes, I had overlooked that application of reverse rake. Under the hull there's generally no bury difference, underwater is just underwater. At 90 degrees...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Aug 7, 2000 11:50 pm
Dear group, I dont know John Teale, and have no financial interest in his book "How to Design a Boat". But Im impressed by this work to the extent of saying...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 8, 2000 4:45 am
Followers of this group will know that I read way too much and don't sail nearly enough, and that I quote from the books far too often. Anyway, I could have...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 8, 2000 4:47 am
Followers of this group will know that I read way too much and don't sail nearly enough, and that I quote from the books far too often. Anyway, I could have...
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Julie E Johnson
juliejj@...
Aug 8, 2000 10:39 am
Lew, Gavin turned me on to Teale quite a while back. If it were possible to incorporate such design guidelines into a design program wouldn't that be worth...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Aug 8, 2000 2:29 pm
I have two books by Teale. They cover about the same material but the first is less well organized, more personal, and more fun. The second (the Primer) seems...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 8, 2000 2:37 pm
... Wonderful features, but one man's ugly is another man's Volkswagen. I was once told, apparently in all seriousness, that my Brick was "magnificent,...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 8, 2000 3:05 pm
What is the earlier book? ... ===== "You can observe a lot by just watching." - Yogi Berra ===== __________________________________________________ Do You...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Aug 8, 2000 8:06 pm
Class: If you know the coordinates of the points of a triangle (x1,y1), (x2,y2) & (x3,y3), then the center of area is the average of the three: ( (x1+x2+x3)/3,...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 8, 2000 9:53 pm
Yo teach. Programmers keep track of x,y coordinates and we like simple stuff like this. I'll try the proof when I can... Now then... to find the combined CE...
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fbales2000@...
Aug 8, 2000 9:57 pm
I haven't been in this "egroup" very long--couple of months at most, but I have been so impressed with you people. I am not a boatbuilder or designer, but I...
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MIKE GOODWIN
panmanii@...
Aug 8, 2000 10:22 pm
the simple way to find the center is to measure halfway down the luff and leach , draw a line from the corners of the foot to the opposing marks and where they...
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MIKE GOODWIN
panmanii@...
Aug 8, 2000 10:26 pm
Not much water up your way is it ! Mike ,in Portsmouth, mile post zero on the ICW ....
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 8, 2000 11:47 pm
No question. But try getting a spreadsheet to draw them! ... ===== "You can observe a lot by just watching." - Yogi Berra ===== ...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Aug 8, 2000 11:56 pm
Frank, thanks for you kind words. Who are we -Im just a mathematician who likes sailing, so Boatdesign was bound to interest me, though not till I slowed down...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 9, 2000 12:10 am
... But mostly Gavin, Beloved Founder and Moderator. ... Well, that's where my contributions often come from, particularly on that thread. Nice to see them...
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Garth Battista
garth@...
Aug 9, 2000 12:26 am
Hi -- I'm new to the boatdesign group -- drifting over here from the bolger group (which I still read daily). But after building a few boats your mind does...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Aug 9, 2000 12:54 am
I love Gerr, I love Teale - both great - so are many other authors. Can't help with the reviews: I'm no expert, I'm just a guy who talks too much. Gerr was my...
