Boat Plans African Queen | IMOCA 60 Shape and Americas Cup 2013

Boat Plans African Queen

                                                     Ellison: "Sailing has been changed for ever".
When sailing is more like flying, with such sophisticated machines, how are the technologies adaptable to more mundane venues?
Americas Cup boats have a way to continuously improve elements of sailing, and even cruising. But, when we have all of sudden such a leap forward, where new boats; catamarans, wing sails and foils are thrown into the mix, what is going to happen?
The obvious is that the benefits are going to go to cats and trimarans. But, what about regular sailboats? I will leave alone the articulated wing sail, they are not manageable, because of reefing problems, but I think there are possibilities in the foiling area.
A monohull is always looking for stability, so deep keel, ballast and beam are the usual answers. Now, with the new technologies like DSS, which is an outboard deployed foil on a horizontal plan, and the AC foiler, which is an inboard oriented planing board, either concept, provides more stability and righting moment.
To work, we have to have speed, therefore the sailboat will have to be of light displacement, with a fast shape and low deadrise. My attempt is to show how such a configuration might work, of course all is in the details, and I do not pretend to solve the entire matter. It definitely would require very long and elaborate studies, model testing, strong engineering, but I am throwing things in the ring to see where it all lead.

Fast boats are long, light and lean. I choose for this base study the Imoca 60 in its latest form. With a dinghy shape, twin rudders, appendages and keel, the boat is an interesting monohull laboratory. A Class 40, or Mini Transat could be other examples of hulls where the merits of foiling on modified daggerboards could be
studied and compared for speed.
Where to start? Now that we have decided on a hull, the nest step is to describe what I have in mind.

The system has to rely on deployment and retraction of the blade. So, I am starting with the foil itself and I use the present configuration of the daggerboard, bend it at mid distance even before trying to work out surfaces and lift necessary to achieve the result of lifting the hull some ways. Because one of the question remains: how to have the apparatus to match the hull shape when retracted to minimize turbulence at low speed, without impairing the foil shape. Fortunately, the body presents nearly flat surfaces in the area and the daggerboard-foiler can be inclined perpendicular to the hull and designed in such a way that the bottom matches the small curvature of the hull itself. But what happens when you extend the lifting body ? There is a hole. The idea is to build a second blade, contained within a box to fill in the gap and keep flush the integrity of the hull.

  

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Kayak Boat Plans | Newport Winter 2013

Kayak Boat Plans

                                                                                            The House.
                                                                                   Slam ! It has been a while.
                                                                                   Hurricane in the Summer.
                                                                                   Northeaster in the winter.

                                                                                   What could be better?

                                                                           A couple of days later, view from the office

                                                                                                       
                                                                 

                                                                            Saint Georges School and 2d. Beach.

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Pontoon Boat Plans Aluminum | Cook Strait Classic 2013

Pontoon Boat Plans Aluminum

As a reward for our General Handicap 1st place in the RPNYC Xmas Series, we had ordered a 25 knot southeaster for the CSC, although a southerly would have done.  Until a few days out, it looked like a drifting race.  Then it looked like a low 20s headwind.  Craig ran the course through Expedition a day or so out and it thought we might challenge for the record time.  Really?  Uphill?

We had debated for days whether wed hit the line with the A3 or C0 up, but in the end it was a bit windy so we just 2-sail reached across Evans bay.  In front.  Then we went to pop the A2 and expected to get out of the harbour fast.  But we werent quick at hoisting and then when we did, there was a nice half-hitch in the furled sail about halfway up.  This clearly wasnt going to work so down it came.  We gybed a couple of times to stay out of the incoming tide while the Div 1 fleet either sailed past or nearly sailed past.  Eventually we got the big red one into the air and made good time to the harbour entrance, where we furled the sail very early (and avoided further issues).  Ran Tan exited the harbour and turned right with Wedgetail in pursuit, a long way ahead.  We lost a couple or minutes or so relative to where we should have been.

A quick 2-sail reach, full main and medium jib to the wind factory, where it became apparent that wed need a reef.  And then another.

From there on in, it was more or less mid-30s northerly, up to 40.  We had a brief spell of 31-32 knots halfway across which felt like a lull.  We sailed a tight reach, holding just over 10 knots boat speed, all the way across, which gave us a good lead on the rest of the fleet.

[Ran Tan in background]

The brains trust were aiming for a slightly south approach to Tory, as the tide usually carries boats up north.  This didnt work for us at all, we ended up needing to tack our way up to Tory entrance, where we tacked out further than we wanted to avoid an Bluebridge ferry heading into Tory.  When Bluebridge then called us on the VHF to tell us to watch out as they were exiting Tory, there was momentary confusion until it was apparent that this was Inconvenient Bluebridge Ferry number 2.  Which made us take a course right at the northern edge of the channel, out of both the wind and the incoming tide.  Once in the channel, suddenly we were in calm water, warm, and slow.  We found some patches of breeze to sneak over the line slowly, in first ahead of Ran Tan by just over 10 minutes.

Total time 3 h 28 m 37s, race record 3 h 23 m 23s.
Final results: 1st on line, 2nd on General Handicap, 3rd on PHRF.

[time-lapse of race]

We motored into Ngaruru Bay and threw an anchor over for some drying out and eating and drinking where we were joined briefly by Ran Tan and Wedgetail.

We debated whether to stay overnight and head back the next day but the overwhelming consensus was that wed go back that evening.

Which was interesting.  35 knots across the middle of the strait, #4 and 2 reefs, consistent mid-teens speeds and Gordie having a lovely time surfing across the second half of the strait.  

One of the aforementioned Bluebridge ferries exited Tory as we did and they werent very far ahead of us by the time we got to Wellington harbour entrance.  We took 1 hour 20 minutes from Tory Channel to Karori light, and under 3 hours into the inner harbour.

[time-lapse]

Things got interesting in the wind factory again.  wind built to the 40s and then we saw sustained visits into the low 50s a few times.  We went to take down the jib, early in the takedown the guide line broke and suddenly were fighting a half-filled sail, so it became a bit challenging.  Once we got it down, Blink moved along quite nicely under 2-reefed main alone until we covered the last couple of miles to the harbour entrance.  Then we decided we couldnt be bothered fighting our way into the harbour in a gale so we motorsailed in.  In about 12 knots of wind.

Thanks to Mark and Mike for the pics

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Wooden Boat Plans Australia | Newport Boat Show 2013

Wooden Boat Plans Australia

View of the Newport Brokerage Boat Show at the Shipyard.
Few places in the world where you can see so many boats with very tall masts; all painted white.
I think the Sail and Power Boat Show was smaller this year, not too surprising, while the second hand market was full of very large sailboats for sale, not surprising either. Quite a display as a matter of fact and I had the pleasure to see again old Brokers friends pushing hard quality  merchandise.
I am not fond of Boat Shows for new boats; it is actually depressing. The present form of going on the water is more alike buying a condo, yes here and there you pick one idea or two, mostly from a construction detail which I like, but the rest is plastiky. It might  also be because I do not have boats in shows anymore, yes this must be it!
A little side story.
After a Newport Show, taking slowly the boat back to my mooring under power and reaching a point  half way in the harbor, my eyes caught something white bobbing around in the water. Approaching, I notice a mooring buoy with its pennant obviously separated from its supposed  location. Surprise, my number 722 displayed on the side. Now it is clear that given a few hours one way or the other this incident could have turned into a disaster. Luck, destiny, what?


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Plywood Boat Plans Australia | Ted Hood 1928 2013

Plywood Boat Plans Australia

I have known Ted Hood since 1966, when I first met him at the London Boat Show. Further then on the race course in Denmark where competing in the One Ton Cup. Being involved with 12 Metre boats, it was hard not to be aware of the hegemony of Hood sails over everything and anyone else canvas. Still later on at Carter Offshore, we had a Canadas Cup boat who was beaten by Dynamite. Of course his strings of Robin were always in competition and racing a lot myself I have been  around many of them. My own Marrakesh Express one ton design was equipped with his mast and sails. So was Circus Maximus.
I recently saw Ted in a very different circumstance. Visiting someone at the local clinic about six months ago, this person mentioned that Mr. Ted Hood was hospitalized in the next room. So I went to visit. The gentleman was laying down in bed wearing his blue blazer, quite thinner that I could remember, he was peacefully reading a newspaper. After presenting myself, he recognized me after a moment and a short discussion ensued. I asked what he was in for not thinking for the worse, his simple answer was:" I dont know".
He was the giant in the pleasure boat industry, touching so many venues with unprecedented success. Sail, making, mast making, deck gear, yacht construction, yacht sales and of course yacht design.

A little side story.

Back in 1979, I was building with Don Schiavone a bunch of boats, including a 54 sailboat literally designed around a wheel chair for the paraplegic owner. I used to travel early in the morning from my office at Newport to what is now the complex of N.E.B and Hinckley/ ex Hoods Little Harbor. At the time, there were only run down WW11 vintage Quonset huts and empty fields. Bend boat basin was located where NEB is now and we were building the boats next to what is the present Melville Grill. So, was is not my surprise that by a miserable very early morning in November with wind, drizzle and cold and barely enough light for visibility, I could see in the middle of the field someone that I believe is Ted Hood junior; the son. I stopped the car at some distance to observe and wondering what would someone be doing at this time of the day, trampling the grass under the rain, in the middle of nowhere.

Well it took another ten years or so before Little Harbor moved from Marblehead to Portsmouth RI.

Was Ted Jr. looking so far ahead for his Dad? I never approached the subject with him, but maybe someday I will.

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Boat Plans Bolger | Antigua Race Week 2013

Boat Plans Bolger

         John Raby and Don Ritter Circus Maximus 67

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Well I missed again one of the best organized sailing event in the world; Antigua Race Week is a lot of fun and actually quite different from the other venues of St. Barth and St. Martin. I guess it has to do with the Island being more "British" with the Admiral Nelsons legacy hovering the docks and Shirleys Heights. I raced there a few times on different boats

John Tuttle and the 57 U.L.D.B Desperado.

We had Tee shirts reading " The 25 Knots Club". At he time it was seldom to see boats making that kind of speed, especially for boats designed under the I.O.R rule. 

                                      Hans and Gisela of the S/V Cat-Ketch Tunnix  from Venezuela.
They had one of my first Cat-Ketch T.43 built in Taiwan. They had sent a Fax to the office inviting me to race the Sailing Week and I replied yes, I would. So the next thing I know I am in Antigua, taking a launch to get to the boat. I could see her free standing masts 1/2 a mile away and as I approach, it became clear that no one was around. I jumped aboard and waited. After a while I see a Zodiac coming towards me then suddenly taking at distance a wide circle in a slow motion. Finally the two occupants came alongside to take a long look at me. A little puzzled, as much as I was by their initial reaction, they explained later that when they invited me, they had no idea if I were Chinese (Taiwanese), A girl, (Yves first name pronounced Eve), young, old or an  intruder. I did not have the same problem withe their appearance. More blond, more German, you could not find, even from Venezuela.


Christian Quoniams Magie Noire 66.
Incongruous to come to the starting line with a free standing rigged Cat-Schooner. A charter boat, M-N. was no match to the Maxis Kialoa and others engaged in the race. We had a great time though. This was my first sail on the boat built by the owner in La Rochelle, France. The unconventional sailboat featured wing sails, wing keel, water ballast and is very easy to sail.
 

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Boat Trailer Plans Australia | Atlantic Cup 2013 Newport

Boat Trailer Plans Australia

Atlantic Cup. After Inshore races at Newport.

40 Degrees Owen Clarke Design.

Bodacious Dream. Farr Yacht Design.

Dragon.  Owen Clarke Design.

Gryphon Solo.  Marc Lombard.

Icarus. Rodger Martin Yacht Design.

Lecoq Cuisine. Guillaume Verdier.

Pleiad Racing. Marc Lombard.

                         
                                                               When are we going to see a ScowTa?

With the success in the last Mini Transat of the scow bowed 777, I am wondering if the same approach could be adapted for the 40 Class.

Last year, for the purpose of assessing the possibilities, I reverse-engineered David Raisons Mini to explore what he was doing?

The rules for 2013 have been changed to avoid the adoption of the Minis bow to the class 40, by the control of a maximum width of 450mm. at deck level located 200mm. aft of the stem. By dropping the width almost down to the waterline the volume is redistributed in a different way and this is the Class 40 version with the killer whale bow I am coming up with.

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Boat Designs And Plans | Shotley Marina to Mandal Norway July 2013

Boat Designs And Plans

We had secured a great crew for the trip over to Norway with two Brimble veterans, Gordon McBride and Rob Parsons. Both experienced yachtsman and both regulars on the good ship.

We set off from Shotley Marina on Monday afternoon; high pressure was sitting in the middle of the north sea and with a strong team and settled conditions all looked well for a nice quiet crossing. We motored out of the marina channel and as we approached the starboard beacon the engine temperature alarm went off. The alarm is not piercing, in fact its a sort of throttled warble but it sort of doesnt matter because its meaning is clear which is ... turn the engine off now.

I turned the engine off. A quick response will normally prevent any damage to engine or impellor; we unfurled the foresail and I left Brim in the safe hands of Gordon and Rob with an instruction to sail down-river. As it happens I had meant up-river but hey ... detail detail.

My unerring ability to forget to do the obvious had once again shone through. The engine seacock was still shut. I had opened it the day before ... but also shut it the day before!

Somewhat belatedly I opened the seacock and left the engine to cool down. Whilst I was on deck being briefed by Gordon on the definition of up and down river Rob asked whether I was aware that  water was squirting out of the engine compartment. I was not aware and shut the seacock again. To be honest it was all a mystery; I couldnt understand why overheating the engine would cause the filter to start leaking.

????After a few minutes of thinking time it became apparent that I had underestimated my ineptitude. I hadnt been just an idiot I had been a complete and utter idiot ... the day before I had cleaned the water filter with the seacock closed. I had then put the water filter cover back on but ... cross threaded. With the seacock closed the problem was not apparent, however, when I finally opened the seacock  and the boat started sinking it clearly was!

30 minutes later I had taken the water impellor out to check for damage and restarted the excellent Beta engine which was fine and remained fine for the whole passage.

Gordon and Rob - two Brimble Veterans

As we caught the strong ebb tide out of the Orwell and left the smug cranes of Felixtowe behind Gordon and Rob were politely silent. This said my interpretation of what they were thinking, based entirely on knowing looks and coughs was something like ... if this has happened in the first 20 minutes then what the hell is the next 5 days going to be like. I made us a cup of tea and we had a slice of Gordons excellent Fruit Cake.

Despite the portent of the first half an hour the sail across was actually quite lovely. There were relatively brief periods of  no wind,  typically through the short nights, or there was a pleasant Force 2-3 on the beam.

We soon moved into a regular watch pattern of 2 hours on 4 hours off using the Flint System developed by Alasdair Flint on passages in the Arctic in his 26ft wooden Vertue Sumara. The method is simple in that rather than working to a fixed time you simply start the 2 hours from when the individual going off watch is snugged up in their pit; 2 hours later you wake the next watchkeeper up and away you go and they in turn wait until you are tucked up before their clock starts. The Flint System has the advantage of making sure everyone gets a good sleep and also shifts the watches around so everyone is on watch at different times.

As ever a highlight of the north sea is dodging oil and gas rigs. The North sea is absolutely littered with them and it is impossible to sail a straight course from the east coast of England to Norway without several course alterations to keep the required 500 m away. Guard ships loom up on the horizon if they think you might be trying to test whether your mast would fit underneath the platform and you could actually sail straight between their legs. Theres a rude joke in there somewhere but I will ignore it!


Rather sadly many of the rigs we passed appear to be under demolition or at least disused. The usual hustle and bustle that is evident even from a few miles away wasnt their so I suspect the dwindling oil and gas supplies is having an inevitable toll on these rather awesome structures.

With high pressure there was the inevitable poor visibility although with AIS (receiver and transmitter) the level of angst that fog causes is significantly reduced. When the fog did clear we enjoyed spectacular weather and sunsets.

Landfall was a gradual process as Southern Norway emerged from the morning mist..

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Boat Building Plans And Kits | Fastnet Race 2013

Boat Building Plans And Kits

Source: sailingscutlebutt.com

"Open 60s rock the Fastnet Race. August 14, 2013. Hiding the big monohull finishers that arrived into Plymouth this morning, in the 611nm. Rolex Fastnet Race, the closest was between the top Imoca 60s Vendee Globe winners Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux on the formers Macif nipping her sistership Maitre Coq by just 57 seconds. Most impressively the 60s beat the leading Mini Maxis, Bella Mente and Rana, as well as two VO70". 

Photo: Dominique Tanton. Bella Mente
Rendering: Yves-Marie Tanton

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Pontoon Boat Plans Aluminum | Southampton to Shotley marina June 2013 July 2013

Pontoon Boat Plans Aluminum

Southampton to Shotley Marina (June 2013 - July 2013)

Chichester to Brighton (John and Selma); We left in a rough F5-6 on the nose and took the short cut through the Looe channel .. you live and learn. I was airborn for about half an hour !

Jack remained asleep for most of the passge through the channel, then woke up, puked vertically and then went back to sleep. Such is the resilience of a teenager.

We arrived at Brighton but couldnt get in due to lack of water

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 Brighton Marina to Eastbourne (Jerry and John)

Jerry White and I sailed the boat on the next leg round from Brighton to Eastbourne?

Eastbourne to Shotley Marina (Colm, Trotts and John)

Great sailing in 30+ knots of wind behind us on the first day. Phil and Colm did great job.

Coastguard was a little surprised we left with a F9 forecast .. I was a little surprised that a F9 had been forecast!

Nice quiet night in Ramsgate before setting off across the Thames Estuary. Big question was where have all those windmills come from? Paper charts plus two sets of electronic charts had all avoided being updated! We weaved through Fishermans Gap. This was no thanks to the Coastguard advising me it was my own silly fault (true) and that he could not give me any advice on which channels were open. I wonder if they would have helped if the good ship had been sliced in half!

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