Agreed on the last mile. The port and shipping company can also be an issue. If you're going from a well-known port in China to Newark or Newport News, the...
Price depends very much on the first and last miles. A client quoted their shipping prices to me last week and said shipping from China to Europe cost a...
Hi, Thanks for a very informative reply. It sounds like buying a container is the least expensive part of the whole operation. Just the storage fees you ...
You can get a used shipping container in good condition for between $1,500 and $3,000, depending upon how nice you want the container, whether or not the...
WILLDO Thruster to move off the offending shoal, then reinstall shear pins or whatever. Silly other options for retract would be air cylinder with rupture disk...
G'Day Rob, Â I guess that's where you are then. Left message on your home phone about sailing on the river - may still be there when you get back. Â Doug ...
-I was going for a flare rather than a simple slope as I was wanting to keep the hull as narrow as possible for as high as possible and the flare would...
Hi all, When I did some sample rudder drawings (in the Files section, under "Gardner's Layouts"), it got me thinking about how you handle steering on a kick up...
Hi, I am trying very hard to not have to disassemble the boat for shipping. With the 4.5' overlap on the cockpit and lw hull, the two hulls can be locked ...
-Sorry for the previous non post. Nice rendition and some nice ideas. I like the rudder systems. I think it may be possible to go one stage further by having a...
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Cutting your support down from six feet to three feet (for example -- not exact) is roughly going to double the force on the bearings. As with the rudder...
G'day, The smallest bury we have done is 750mm on 11m length, which is 6.8%, so 3' on 39 (7.7%) is possible, but make sure you actually do have 3' by the time...
It seems as soon as I finish one layout idea and post it, another pops up. If I assume that my mast will be 39' or less, how much height in the lw hull is...
. ... The build technique can certainly handle that level of precision. I am assured that the qc in China is excellent. If the width is part of the spec,...
Hi, I just cleared out the "Gardner's Layouts" directory of the Files section of this group and replaced the contents with the latest drawings I have for a...
Hello Gardner and gang. I have started making full size panels today for replacement float hulls for my TT 720. First one is under vacuum now and will be ...
Generally I would hope that on grounding the rudders would pivot to allow them to kick up but obviously not always. I do recall a Hobie that busted a rudder...
I am having my engineer do the FEA on the rudder shaft, pivots and such. Rob has more confidence than I do on carbon rudders/ shafts. Rob plans to profile the...
Hi ya, I'm not really weighing into any arguement here, but I managed to break the carbon shafted blade back when still on first versions of rudders. It was a...
I agree with Rob that it should be very easy to beef up everything and spread loads over larger areas should the need arise. What about a rather big trim tab...
G'day, I was not referring top a similar weight or size mono or it's rudder. Picture a monohull (or a multi) with a rudder the same depth below the lower...
Let me see, The rudders are resisting lateral forces ala dagger boards, while at he same time are handling steering. So if I need lateral control and...
Rob, I am not clear on how the loads can be the same as on a monohull in that there is an extra 2 to 3 feet of leverage working against the harry rudders If...
... G'day, Sure does, and you are doing an excellent job, thanks. Proasailor is Joe Oster, who was thrown off the proa group for abusive language. Should be...
I am not going to scoff or pontificate on that forum for the HP merits but the rudders remain a risk in bad seas. Torque load using rudders for leeway and...
Proasailor has just been bagging Harryproas on the multihull forum. Usual bit about how having the wtw doesn't work and Harryproas haven't proved themselves...
