No interest, I guess. I looked at sketch-up, didn't see how to enter a 3-D curve, and I've been too busy to pursue it....
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 3, 2010 6:22 pm
An interesting project, and proof that superior seamanship can make almost anything work. Long time ago at a boat show, I got a lecture from a fiberglass canoe...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 3, 2010 8:07 pm
Not sure I'd dismiss it so readily. While I'm sure that you're right about the critical nature of having good materials, boats have been built out of many...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 3, 2010 8:20 pm
... Perhaps I should explain just a tad. GRP or JRP (where J = jute) is a mix of fiber and resin. A simplified view of the concept is that when the material is...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 3, 2010 9:21 pm
 Well, this is part of why they test. Me, I would guess that jute has all kinds of problems but perhaps there are ways to deal. Everything else has all...
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nutty_boats
Dec 4, 2010 12:11 am
I have been quite busy too, haven’t taken the time to learn other than to give some screen shots, which I hope to do in the near future. T. Lee....
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graeme
graeme19121984
Dec 4, 2010 4:23 am
I gathered there was some initial testing by engineers connected with the project. What kind of stickum will the future '100% organic resin' be? Funny if it's...
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Tord
mr_tord_s_er...
Dec 4, 2010 10:10 pm
Using assymmetric foils is in theory very efficient, but you need to keep just one of the leeboards in the water, or you loose any sort of advantage, over...
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Tord
mr_tord_s_er...
Dec 4, 2010 10:39 pm
As John points out, the foils are both victims of Re (Reynold's Number), and the foil power effects that depend of the square of speed, thus half the speed, a...
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rhaldridge
Dec 5, 2010 2:53 pm
I hate to sound like a hippie, but an even better idea than jute for the reinforcement of plastic resin is hemp. The fibers are much longer and stronger, and...
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Hajo Smulders
hilomania
Dec 5, 2010 4:44 pm
The other downside is that in the country I currently live, the government will seriously scrutinize you. No matter that one would have to smoke a ton of...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 5, 2010 5:16 pm
and distilling your own moonshine is fine if you pay the taxes, but can lead to violence if you don't ... From: Hajo Smulders <hajosmulders@...> Subject:...
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nutty_boats
Dec 6, 2010 11:27 pm
Ray, you Bible-thumper you, the best Bibles are printed on hemp paper because hemp makes the best paper. If I remember correctly, the Declaration of...
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nutty_boats
Dec 6, 2010 11:41 pm
I added a folder in the photos section with five screenshots from within Sketchup of a boat design that I am working on. This is a design that is made from...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 7, 2010 1:23 am
Note to members: Album name is "boat designs in Sketchup" Thanks. That looks pretty neat, both as boat design and as the rendering in Sketchup. The curve of...
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john colley
helliconia54
Dec 7, 2010 7:14 am
Just don't let it burn! You'll get to high to put it out or care,,,LOL www.boudicca.de/max1.e-.htm ________________________________ From: nutty_boats...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman
Dec 7, 2010 2:44 pm
 Nah, the best ones are on parchment, lol. Heavy though.  A propos of which, animal skins on frame can make perfectly reasonable boats.... ... From:...
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rhaldridge
Dec 7, 2010 7:48 pm
Hemp is a very versatile fiber. Not only were sails made from hemp back in the days of commercial sail, but we have a hemp linen tablecloth and napkins from...
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Chris Ostlind
wedgesail
Dec 7, 2010 7:49 pm
All sorts of natural fibers can be used in composites, depending on what strength you are looking for and what price you are willing to pay for weight...
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stefanhanoi
Dec 8, 2010 11:39 am
... I think I recognize those lines. Some time ago I built a paper model of a boat with strikingly similar lines that was designed and one time built by a...
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Chris Ostlind
wedgesail
Dec 8, 2010 6:57 pm
Just when you got your head wrapped around the toughness of Kevlar, those pesky scientists at Northwestern University had to go and do this... ...
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nutty_boats
Dec 9, 2010 12:51 am
Actually, this is very similar to a design that I made for a one sheet skiff, using the same basic design parameters. At the time I reported unexpectedly...
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j_fouser
Dec 10, 2010 8:36 pm
That chine is not really that wild , it is just what you end up with in that design . I found the same thing on the stern of a Bolger double ender. I could not...
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j_fouser
Dec 10, 2010 8:39 pm
Yes, the dog ate all your evidence....
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 10, 2010 9:25 pm
... Long time ago, I had a Bolger Cynthia J built for me. It's basically a flat-bottom skiff and the lines looks pretty simple. However, if you just look at...
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nutty_boats
Dec 10, 2010 9:37 pm
What dog? I don’t have one. As for speed, unless I mismeasured the distance, was .43 nautical mile. Time was start the stop watch, put it down, pick up the...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 10, 2010 9:42 pm
Sailing Anarchy has a video about some races between a foil Moth, a 49er, and a kite sailer. If it works, you can see the video here, too: ...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 10, 2010 9:43 pm
... Please don't re-fight old battles. No one wants to read about it....
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Dec 20, 2010 7:30 pm
Does anyone care to offer up a design opinion on the SCAMP? http://smallcraftadvisor.com/component/content/article/361 It makes an interesting comparison to...
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nutty_boats
Dec 21, 2010 10:12 pm
Peter: First thing I noticed is that it was designed by our own John Welsford. Across the sound or lake, river or delta, but I would not take it out as a blue...
