sailplan

Hello, First time poster, total newb, ignoramus. I want to add a (balanced lug, or lateen, or gaff, or sprit) rig to an old mahogany make and brake motor dory. I believe I can modify things enough to maintain the motor drive, while also having a centerboard (stored along the side of the hull...

Hi folks, I live in Dar es Salaam and interested in buying one of the traditional working boats they have around here and updating the rigging to improve the performance. There are two types of lanteen rigged boat that fisherman use here: dhows and ngalawas. Both are lanteen rigged and have to...

interesting data at http://aero.stanford.edu/Reports/VKI_nonplanar_Kroo.pdf and http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960023622_1996039477.pdf and have a look at the last 4 schetches in my gallery http://www.boatdesign.net/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/690 to better...

The Hampton One-Design has a very generous sailplan that can be handled in winds to twenty by a crew of two.