On Apr 3, 10:32?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

oups.com...

Warning:

The following link connects to a website that documents the
construction phases of a new boat. Folks offended by the mere mention
of anything that is, or might ever be offered for sale should not
follow this link:

http://www.nwtrawlers.blogspot.com/

Feh. I built two of those last week.

:-)

You ought to move out west. If you can crank out two of these a week
you'd make a fortune up in Skagit County. There is a bunch of boat
building going on up there right now. :-)

One of the neat features of this boat is going to be an articulated
rudder. Essentially has a vertical "hinge" with a trailing flap that
gets progressively extended as the rudder approaches either end of the
arc. They tested one of these rudders on a Nordic Tug not too long
ago. They were able to do figure 8-s
inside the normal turning circle of a Nordic with a standard rudder.

The hot ticket for the current market seems to be single screw
pilothouse boats capable of a moderate or better turn of speed. Funny
how fickle the public can be, who would have thought that singles
would become much more popular than twins?