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First off, I'm not from New Zealand, and some of the following is a bit hypothetical. I think fiberglass covered foam might be heavy...

I designed and built a dinghy for a friend that weighed about 50 lbs, light enough so that he could put it on top of his van by himself...

If you want classic and sporty at the same time, you could look at some of Uffa Fox's planing dinghies. This link only has a couple of...

What's the intended use? It looks like a beamier, slightly shorter version of a Marblehead given a very short rig and fin (keel on a...

Spatulation????? Suckulation??? I suspect that a jump from most places on the deck of a carrier would not put a person into the...

Apologies if you've thought about all this before: It will be interesting to see how this works out. Would it be possible to use longer...

I don't know if you can get them, but a propeller with slightly less pitch or a slightly smaller diameter might help with this. Or a...

I've read horror stories about fuel attacking integral composite fuel tanks in homebuilt airplanes. It's probably a good idea to really...

Amazing that this could go 21 years without an answer. They are 11 foot singlehanded racing sailboats. At the time of the original post...

Hmm... If that 2.5 foot prop has a p:d of 1:1, and the pitch speed is 15 knots, you're looking at about 600 rpm.

It's my understanding that brushless motors aren't all THAT complicated and that it's possible to make them with low kv values.That is...

Even when it isn't AI, some entertaining results are possible. I've seen the results of a program that ran through many iterations to...

I don't know what's marketed specifically for electric boat motors, but the motor doesn't know either. There are a number of different...

I once owned a Bolger Brick. It actually sailed upwind reasonably well. The Bolger Brick's bottom is a single sheet of plywood with a...

Are you implying that there is something special about AI for naval architecture that means it can't fail? I've certainly seen plenty of...