Hi together, I came accross an interview about the daggerboard placement with Martin Fischer on catsailingnews.com, see F18 Convertible:...
Hi, nice work done here. I am also trying some things with FreeCAD at the moment. It would be great to have some looks into your FreeCAD files to...
Hi Alan, thanks for your comment and the visual comparision of the two sections. I actually compared over 30 different sections that visually...
A friend of mine sails the NACRA F16 MKI and drew me the cross-section of the daggerboards on an old broken one. It's extremely similar to the...
Hi Erwan .. thanks for your reply. I also looked more at a good L/D ratio at the operating points that I expect. I think I've decided on two...
Hi together .. many thanks for your comments and input. As Alan already wrote, very valuable. Thanks. These are very helpful for the later...
Hi together, thanks for your reply so far. But, as Erwan also wrote, these are more related to the later planform design of the daggerboards. I...
Hi together, for my self-built 16 foot beach cat I would like to design proper daggerboards. In various threads it is written that it is best...
Hey guys ... it has been a long time since the last words were written here. Nevertheless, I would like to revive this thread once again and...
The front view of the Novacat 16 which is a homebuild catamaran made out of plywood with the stitch and glue method.
The side view of the Novacat 16 which is a homebuild catamaran made out of plywood with the stitch and glue method.
Ok ... now I found that one can download cad files directly at the product details from Harken website. That's good. Now I just need models of...
Hey guys ... I am searching for 3D Models for outfitting some boat designs. Especially I'm interested in blocks, travelers and traveler cars,...
Hey Bob ... the start of this thread was not realy the best :D And yeah it is very much theory here because I want to learn more about designing...
Hey guys ... thank's for your answers. Wayne, I found your project on catsailor.com ... very impressive. I just saw one picture via google, may...
Yeah that's it ... in relation to the same sectional area. So the best would be to have a square profile where the beams are attached to the...
Beams - round, square or round+square ? Hi at all, I have another question. I thought about what profile for the beams would be the best....
Ok ... the LCG could be varied by the crew weight LCG = 1.24 - 2.12. But when reaching the forces of the sails will also push the bow down and...
Hi at all ... I have some new informations. The Center of Effort of the sails will be located at about LCoE = 1.93 m from the AP. The...
Hey guys ... thanks for your feedback. you are right that I have to check my design in the inclinded condition when one hull has to support the...