From flat-bottom boat to partial V-bottom boat. See thread 67268
Has there ever been an attempt to convert a dinghy from flat bottom to V-bottom? My dinghy ict a flat-bottomed Paulownia boat, see thread 67268, and the pounding in short wave in medium wind is just too destructive for me in the long run.
The reason for this is certainly that the boat is very light, with a length of around 4.5 m it now weighs just over 50 kg. If it were not made of 18 mm paulownia, but of other solid wood, as it used to be, it would weigh 150 kg. Then the boat would run much smoother, as it does with an extra 80 kg man on board.
I would now like to glue the hull bottom on the outside with hard foam boards, shape it and then shape it with epoxy/fibreglass. It's not a big deal, we used to do it for our own surfboards. In the middle, the boat should remain as it is, but then with a V-bow at the front and a V-tail at the back with a soft transition. The boat has enough rocker to be able to do that. In the back that v only as a balance of displacement and for a long waterline.
Has anything like this been done before and if so, what has been learned?
By the way: The capsize problems of my boat disappeared with a classic spritsail. The first sail had no sprits, but was stretched on the inside by a support and smooth on the outside like a wing. It pulled only moderately, but sometimes, seemingly for no reason, it suddenly delivered more than twice the force. Then one capsized and the boat filled up. Unpleasant. At first I thought it was the narrow hull, but it was the sail.
Has there ever been an attempt to convert a dinghy from flat bottom to V-bottom? My dinghy ict a flat-bottomed Paulownia boat, see thread 67268, and the pounding in short wave in medium wind is just too destructive for me in the long run.
The reason for this is certainly that the boat is very light, with a length of around 4.5 m it now weighs just over 50 kg. If it were not made of 18 mm paulownia, but of other solid wood, as it used to be, it would weigh 150 kg. Then the boat would run much smoother, as it does with an extra 80 kg man on board.
I would now like to glue the hull bottom on the outside with hard foam boards, shape it and then shape it with epoxy/fibreglass. It's not a big deal, we used to do it for our own surfboards. In the middle, the boat should remain as it is, but then with a V-bow at the front and a V-tail at the back with a soft transition. The boat has enough rocker to be able to do that. In the back that v only as a balance of displacement and for a long waterline.
Has anything like this been done before and if so, what has been learned?
By the way: The capsize problems of my boat disappeared with a classic spritsail. The first sail had no sprits, but was stretched on the inside by a support and smooth on the outside like a wing. It pulled only moderately, but sometimes, seemingly for no reason, it suddenly delivered more than twice the force. Then one capsized and the boat filled up. Unpleasant. At first I thought it was the narrow hull, but it was the sail.
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