Skip Johnson

His money. his time. Let him enjoy the adventure.

Adding a "whale tail" fin to the motor might do the job.

With the underwater clr at the mast a lugsail might be a valid choice.

bingo! Thank you! Yes, it was that boat.. got crushed by a barge in 1994.. sat afterward for many years in a shop I built over it.. and...

I'm curious how people think the junk rig compares to and unstayed carbon catboat rig with a wishbone boom as on a wyliecat or nonsuch...

When I was developing the Windrocket (which went just short of three times wind speed... unlike my current boat, which is slow as snot)...

Here is a graph that might be interesting . . . I looked up the BoatTest data on the 'standard' CY338 Outboard version that came out in...

My sympathies to your significant other if you have such; mine has endured a lot over the sixty years; but it's mainly been fun for both...

"Do you think that having powerboat races on little foiling boats limited to say 2.5 HP would be fun? Would you be more apt to learn to...

There's more to making a pontoon boat go fast than a vee or tunnel, but here's some info that might be interesting or helpful.

In conclusion... I find the patterns beautiful and I have been trying to combine Kelvin wakes (including perturbation velocity...

He should, it's his ;-)

Skinny mono with outriggers.

A short story that gives the idea of how to build a cheap boat. Be warned you will still take the same amount of time to build the cat...

when building my Wharram (34' Tangaroa Mk I) in the late 70s I tried to navigate the shoals of cheap-&-maintenance-intensive vs...