Dark Harbor
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(Plank on Frame)
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True Round Steel and Aluminum Construction Books at Amazon
ClicK here for Contents and Amazon
ClicK here to Download Spreadsheet Files to be used with:
ClicK here for Contents and Amazon
New - Ongoing
The redesign of the classic sailboat
Dark Harbor
for Aluminum construction
Go to Dark Harbor Redesign
Steel and Aluminum
True Round
Plans
Click Here for Plans
Demystifying the weight factor
By way of a VPP Race between two versions of 'Lighting Strike' (One steel and the other Aluminum)
The weight factor Demystifed
Go to Lighting Strike's Velocity Predictions
How to layout and fabricate Hull Intergrals
Fabricating Hull Intergrals such as a Hatch Coaming is the next stage of boat construction.
The below pics is an initial dimensioned hand sketch - The first step in the layout process.
Click here to continue the process.
English Wheeling
This is not your Father's 'English Wheeling' method.
See how the
'True Round'
shell platting is reduced to a flat pattern. These Flat Patterns take the mystic out of English Wheeling.
Click Here for Details
Converting an existing Hard Chine Design to a True Round Design
Followed by a Race via a 'Velocity Prediction Program.
Click Here
The top pic is the orginal design - The bottom pic is the converted True Round version.
