I'm about to release a message currently in pending status that is a business solicitation. I don't usually allow such things, but this is a bit out of the...
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derek.havelock
Feb 1, 2008 2:45 pm
Hi all. My wife and I own a guest house on the edge of Madagascar's 3rd largest lake, Lac Itasy. We are looking for a business partner who would like to get...
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Bryan Lowe
surbahars
Feb 5, 2008 1:56 am
I have a dream of living aboard a small houseboat in a few years. I am curious what people think of this design. http://www.parker-marine.com/sam36page.html ...
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Bryan Lowe
surbahars
Feb 5, 2008 1:58 am
... Oops. Sorry. After I posted I noticed the SMALL boats portion of this group description. I've been a member for years and thought of it as a design group...
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Ed Bachmannn
edsboats
Feb 5, 2008 2:16 am
While waiting for a divorce to run it's course, I have not been able to build any boats lately so have been playing with some programming. What I have at this...
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clmanges
Feb 5, 2008 3:22 am
It's pretty, and it looks roomy enough, but unless I'm missing something, it appears as if you have to go out onto the open deck to access the head/shower....
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Feb 5, 2008 7:48 am
I'd certainly be interested in trying it Ed. One very cool development that hasn't come up would be a 3-dimensional dwg or dxf file that was compatible with...
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john colley
helliconia54
Feb 5, 2008 10:04 am
My wife and I like it.I guess it all depends on where you are going to be putting it.Water conditions etc.You could just put an old caravan onto a pair of...
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john colley
helliconia54
Feb 5, 2008 10:09 am
C"mon,,,haven't you lived in a house with an outdoor dunny?Thunder box down the end of the garden? ... From: clmanges <clmanges@...> To:...
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Stefan Probst
stefanhanoi
Feb 5, 2008 1:27 pm
Hi Ed, I am not so sure about your goals. If it is just for you to have fun programming, then fine, no further questions asked. Otherwise, it looks to me like...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Feb 5, 2008 1:38 pm
I've never been able to get on with Freeship - so any gizmos that add something useful functions to the Chine Hull Developer are of interest to me. Gavin...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Feb 5, 2008 1:51 pm
I've never been able to get on with Freeship - so any gizmos that add something useful functions to the Chine Hull Developer are of interest to me. Gavin...
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Stefan Probst
stefanhanoi
Feb 5, 2008 1:59 pm
Hi Gavin, for those of us here (say at least Bruce H., Steven Lewis, myself) who are often using Freeship, it is a pitty if somebody is afraid of it. I think...
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Ed Bachmannn
edsboats
Feb 5, 2008 3:34 pm
I will eventually learn how to write DWG 3D files. So far I have been working on making sure all the drawings and "unfoldings" get done right. I haven't put I...
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Bryan Lowe
surbahars
Feb 5, 2008 3:52 pm
I've been given the OK to talk about the Sampan on the group. Thanks. I uploaded some pictures that show modifications to gain more room. I think it is...
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Ed Bachmannn
edsboats
Feb 5, 2008 4:59 pm
Thanks for your comments. And, also, a belated thanks for your Freeship tutorial which I used when I first learned Freeship. ... Probably I will use the GNU...
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Stuart Crawford
stuartcnz
Feb 5, 2008 5:20 pm
I just received the plans for this boat a few days ago. It looks very well designed and appears very simple to construct. The building instructions are very...
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pvanderwaart
Feb 5, 2008 5:31 pm
... I'm sure you've considered this, but if you want a more seaworthy boat, the sailing scows on the Parker site give an idea of how much the complexity and...
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Stefan Probst
stefanhanoi
Feb 5, 2008 6:50 pm
... It will not stop working, as long as there are Delphi compilers for future Windows versions are available, but it does not get much more developed anymore....
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pvanderwaart
Feb 5, 2008 7:33 pm
Having done some programming of my own in this direction (find BoatCalc in Files), I can tell you some of the trickier, but useful, things to think about. 1)...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Feb 5, 2008 10:30 pm
... I really have not had time - and that's the point. I'm not at all frightened of Freeship, but I am very short of time for new projects. Learning to work...
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Ed Bachmannn
edsboats
Feb 5, 2008 11:47 pm
Stefan: Try these numbers for a One Sheet Skiff, I think they are pretty close: English Measure Bulk Head Chine X Inches Y Inches Z Inches 0...
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Ed Bachmannn
edsboats
Feb 6, 2008 1:14 am
Peter, Thanks for the response! Most of those issues are already covered except I don't really want to do the rounded chines until everything else is working. ...
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Ed Bachmannn
edsboats
Feb 6, 2008 1:25 am
Stefan Yahoo did not like my way of formatting. So here is the data in comma delimited form. The fields are: 1 bulkhead, 2 chine, 3 x, 4 y, 5 z (as used by...
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Bryan Lowe
surbahars
Feb 6, 2008 2:16 am
... I wrote him about them some time back and recall that they didn't have standing head room as designed. One boat I liked as a sailing houseboat, but think...
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Bryan Lowe
surbahars
Feb 6, 2008 2:21 am
Hmm. Great info. Thanks. I've seen those Macnaughton designs and will consider them. So a couple of questions. It seems the cabin would be ok to insulate,...
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Stefan Probst
stefanhanoi
Feb 6, 2008 3:16 am
Thank you. Actually, the OSS was meant as an example. Some months ago, I made my own Freeship file, by starting with a rough model, then repeatedly developing...
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Stefan Probst
stefanhanoi
Feb 6, 2008 3:31 am
Nice Boat, I like it. However, a design that I haven't messed up, isn't perfect ;) a) To maximise space, I might stretch the middle part by 4 feet (to a total...
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Stefan Probst
stefanhanoi
Feb 6, 2008 10:04 am
I just uploaded my take on the interior layout of a 40 ft version, i.e. the middle part stretched by 4 ft. It is in the Sampan folder in the photo section. My...
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Julian Fouser
j_fouser
Feb 6, 2008 11:28 am
Not a sampan, but a cool design by Tom Colvin. It is the junk pictured on the index page. http://www.thomasecolvin.com/index.html J...
