Many boats have jib tracks allowing one dimension of adjustment along with the tension in the jib sheet itself gives 2 dimensions where 3 exist....
First, my daggerboard is at 45 degree angle which is strange but from the old design (kraken 33) I thought a more vertical angle was more...
I have a kraken 33 trimaran from 1973. The storm sail seems unusual. There is a chainplate inboard of the normal forestay I believe for the...
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I am in the processes of designing/building a kick-up rudder or my kraken 33' trimaran. I am now at the point of trying to figure out the right...
I currently am trying to eliminate friction as well as reduce effort to raise the sails. The halyard is internal exiting at the base of the...
I have found a lot of evidence of these in powerboats to improve turning radius, but I am more interested in on a sailboat to allow using a...
I am interested possibly changing my trimaran daggerboard to only be 18" rather than 22" wide, and increasing the 38" in length somewhat to...
Rather than bonding carbon to the hull which is discussed in most places, is it possible to simply lay up carbon in the shape of the chainplate...