I don't think a kite boat needs the form stability of a multihull. Anne Quemere went with a monohull with a voluminous roll bar that makes the...
Yours because 1) Flush hatches that are totally waterproof, and you will always have one set under water, are difficult to make. 2) The easiest...
There is Parabeam https://parabeam.com/ Insulation is one of the applications mentioned in a marine environment.
I think you are re-inventing a rig first described in 1963, re-invented by Phil Bolger, and possibly others. Skip Johnson may tell you of his...
Your idea is not clear to me. Could you draw it? I think you are looking for a way to have the sail always to the lee of the last, like a...
Those products don't need to be streamlined, though. Rob's building methods already rely on industrially-produced flat materials, given simple...
I think the question was whether your project is to design a boat from scratch (apparently not) or whether you want to take an existing design and...
If hiding includes taking the rig down completely, so that nothing sticks out above low bushes, then I advise against stays. They increase the...
For general information, see Open Canoe Sailing Group - for canoe sailors across the UK https://www.ocsg.org.uk/ How essential is it that reefing...
Then I recommend looking into traditional boats. Millenia of informal R&D have gone into creating economical craft with materials that have only...
It is a luff parrel. Its function is to allow adjustment of the distance between mast and luff, both so that the sail hangs from the halyard...
He has answered some questions in this thread on Sailing Anarchy: Dear Mr. Sidecar...
Ally folding canoe with cambered junk sail, stabilised by Paul Ashford's anchor dog design (AYRS booklet #114, Ultimate Sailing; see...
The starboard paravane tested in 1999 on Loch Lomond. It is an Ashford anchor dog, as described by Paul Ashford in AYRS booklet #114, Ultimate...
Depends on how large you make the fence. The transom, pintles, and gudgeons should be strong enough to withstand the rudder suddenly being turned...
