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Help on this design please
Hoping someone here can help me out.
I am looking to build a trailer sailor. About 14 to 15 foot in length which is suitable for overnight trips. I found the Kingston 15 and ordered the plans. http://www.angelfire.com/ks/diyplans/kingston15.html These arrived quickly and are detailed. In the meantime, I had read some bad comments about this design in the bateau forums. The opinion is that it has too much windage and could be unstable. Looking at the profile it seems similar to many other designs. Such as http://www.zeglarstwo.sail-ho.pl/szt...rplan.html#dok to name one free one. And many other similar designs. Does anyone here have any opinions on this. Thanks in advance Brian |
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B Garner wrote:
Hoping someone here can help me out. I am looking to build a trailer sailor. About 14 to 15 foot in length which is suitable for overnight trips. I found the Kingston 15 and ordered the plans. http://www.angelfire.com/ks/diyplans/kingston15.html These arrived quickly and are detailed. In the meantime, I had read some bad comments about this design in the bateau forums. The opinion is that it has too much windage and could be unstable. Had any of these "bad comment" people actually sailed the boat? Looks OK to me. Of course it will have more windage than a daysailer, how coould it not? This design looks relatively clean though. Are they trying to compare it to a 470? I like the sitting-up headroom. A big big plus. As for stability, I don't like the high coamings because as the boat heels, they force the skipper & crew's weigh inboard at a time when they should be moving out. But the coamings will keep you a lot drier than you'd be otherwise. Everything is a compromise. Looking at the profile it seems similar to many other designs. Such as http://www.zeglarstwo.sail-ho.pl/szt...rplan.html#dok to name one free one. And many other similar designs. I like that one better, I think. The double chine will add building time but it will sail much better. From these drawings, it's hard to tell what the finished boat will look like. It might not look as well-proportioned as the first one. A foam panel in the head of the mainsail would be better than a masthead float IMHO. Does anyone here have any opinions on this. Boy do we ever! Would you consider building in foam core instead of plywood? It's more expensive of course, but the boat would come out weighing approx 1/2 as much. The boat would sail *much* better and be easier to handle overall. You could then add ballast for stability and still have a lighter better boat. No worries about rot, either. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Had any of these "bad comment" people actually sailed the boat?
I dont think so. In fact I think only one has been built and I am led to believe that that sails fine. Its just a lot of work to buid if it isnt right when finished. Looking at the profile it seems similar to many other designs. Such as http://www.zeglarstwo.sail-ho.pl/szt...rplan.html#dok to name one free one. And many other similar designs. I like that one better, I think. The double chine will add building time but it will sail much better. From these drawings, it's hard to tell what the finished boat will look like. It might not look as well-proportioned as the first one. A foam panel in the head of the mainsail would be better than a masthead float IMHO. I also like the look of this but the building seems more complicated. I have only built one boat so far and that was a v bottomed sailing dingy of 10 foot length. Does anyone here have any opinions on this. Boy do we ever! LOL Would you consider building in foam core instead of plywood? It's more expensive of course, but the boat would come out weighing approx 1/2 as much. The boat would sail *much* better and be easier to handle overall. You could then add ballast for stability and still have a lighter better boat. No worries about rot, either. Its not something I had really considered yet. I did have a quick look for foam core suppliers in the UK and I couldnt find any with reasonable prices. Maybe they are out there but I couldnt find them Thanks for your help Brian |
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Would you consider building in foam core instead of plywood? It's more expensive of course, but the boat would come out weighing approx 1/2 as much. The boat would sail *much* better and be easier to handle overall. You could then add ballast for stability and still have a lighter better boat. No worries about rot, either. Its not something I had really considered yet. I did have a quick look for foam core suppliers in the UK and I couldnt find any with reasonable prices. Maybe they are out there but I couldnt find them Not only is foam pricey its not a construction technique everyone is comfortable with. If you have experience with a plywood boat I would be inclined to stay with it. As for rot, epoxy encapsulation is quite effective at dealing with that. I looked at the kingston well when choosing designs (I settled on the need to design my own but that is definitely not for the faint hearted). There was a lot to like about it. For a second boat, it should make a nice project. These guys also have 3 very simple plywood trailer sailers, a bit bigger and more comfortable than the kingston. http://www.stevproj.com/PocketYachts.html Weebles Wobble (but they don't fall down) |
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Hint: The clue is in the .pl after "sail-ho" -- see:
http://www.bitmedia.com/cc/url1.htm That's a "country code." Roger http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm "Ted W Lee" wrote in message ... What language is this website? -http://www.zeglarstwo.sail-ho.pl/sztranus/sztrplan.html#dok- Thanks, Ted. |
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And why not buy a used Potter? Then you could go sailing today! Oh I forgot........... This is rec.boat.building not rec.boating.now. Forgive me my sarcasm, I think I am just getting a bit tired of cut hands, boat goo drips, tearing hair off my forearms bonded by epoxy, running wire through places a short troll would ignore, spending two days on the internet/phone locating 25 bucks of 3 1/2 inch 1/4x20 PH MS in 316 phillips head, and then doing it again because I just screwed it up. I think I need a beer. Now where was that opener........? Humm, the side cutters will do. Bob |
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Hi Bob
Maybe the used potter isnt such a bad idea :-) Good luck with the build. Brian "Bob" wrote in message ups.com... And why not buy a used Potter? Then you could go sailing today! Oh I forgot........... This is rec.boat.building not rec.boating.now. Forgive me my sarcasm, I think I am just getting a bit tired of cut hands, boat goo drips, tearing hair off my forearms bonded by epoxy, running wire through places a short troll would ignore, spending two days on the internet/phone locating 25 bucks of 3 1/2 inch 1/4x20 PH MS in 316 phillips head, and then doing it again because I just screwed it up. I think I need a beer. Now where was that opener........? Humm, the side cutters will do. Bob |
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Bob wrote:
And why not buy a used Potter? Then you could go sailing today! Oh I forgot........... This is rec.boat.building not rec.boating.now. Hey somebody has to build cool boats, or else the only boats around to be sailed would be Catalinas & Hunters.... wouldn't that be a sad world. Forgive me my sarcasm, I think I am just getting a bit tired of cut hands, boat goo drips, tearing hair off my forearms bonded by epoxy, running wire through places a short troll would ignore, spending two days on the internet/phone locating 25 bucks of 3 1/2 inch 1/4x20 PH MS in 316 phillips head, and then doing it again because I just screwed it up. I think I need a beer. Now where was that opener........? Humm, the side cutters will do. If one epoxies short sections of laminated frame to the tops of beer bottles, this makes non-twist-off caps into ones that are easily opened by hand. One can also use a side grinder. Adds fiber. DSK |
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