Sheer Beauty ...from a reply letter I sent to Soundings a few years ago Just finished reading your article about Ray Hunt in the June issue of...
Backstaying your new rig? How do you intend to add backstays to this rig of your new design?,...to counter that BIG genoa and avoid that BIG...
Dear HTMO9,……..my curve ball pitch That is a REALLY BIG MAINSAIL. I have trouble imaging handling such a big sail, particularly short...
I have become very good friends with a housing contractor here in St Augustine, who at one time was chief engineer on a large private owner...
Dear HTMO9, I appreciate your taking the time to give the Dyna rig a serious consideration. Sorry it did not work out. But I have one other...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/orcas-sink-another-boat-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar-180983203/
Is this boat design marketable in todays market?.....or too small,...or too slow,...or what???
What's going on?...this seems to be just another in a string of similar events,......
Does anyone on the forum,... know of, ....or have references to, the actual pointing capabilities of MF,....plus its tacking capabilities?? This...
Tacking a square rigger thru the wind, rather than wearing-ship has its challenges. I'm working on some new ideas. Sure wish there was another...
Unbelievable to build boats with no rubrails ! sail or power
Nice looking vessel Kajan. I assume it is a catamaran? Do you have more images,...you could send them privately if you wish?? That design could...
Every once in a while I began thinking of a tree house to build,...a 'swiss-family' one like Walt Disney did long ago. And locate it on the coast...
A friend of mine here in St Augustine and myself have opined lots lately on all the silly shaped, and multiple windows that new designers are...
So we've all given up on these dreams?...even while the lotteries are getting even bigger?
popobowa, did you ever find a boat for yourself?
"The review I read about the Maltese Falcon said they turned on the engines and powered through the tacks." Gonzo I can well imagine that since...
Looking back at the tacking questions https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/tacking-a-square-rigged-vessel.68526/ oops, looks like I was going to...
So sad that many of these links don't work ! I guess that is the internet rather than good old books and libraries !!
A number of these links are saying videos no longer available? Is there anyway to recover them?
