You are quite right, but I wasn't going to restrict myself to quarter
circle. Some good sheers can trim to an obtuse angle and trimming of
the intermediate flat section can take up a bit of slack. both radius
and intermediate piece can be marked in situ and then trimmed to fit
In harryproa@yahoogrou
>
> G'day,
>
> Need to be a little careful as quarter circle radius joins don't allow
> obtuse angle joins, only acute.
>
> regards,
>
> Rob
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Robert <cateran1949@
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > A radius join built on the top edge of the bottom sheet above the
> > bilges and a radius curve built onto the bottom of the upper section
> > and a flat between the two would allow an easy connection that can be
> > adjusted from thin to wide for the flare. For the deck joint, I
> > wouldn't go as far as Shuttleworth as I really don't like
slipping off
> > the deck, and would have a 5cm radius.
> >
> > Robert--- In harryproa@yahoogrou
> > <ahakkara@> wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > --- Robert <cateran1949@
> > >
> > > > -Very similar to my concepts. I feel it allows more
> > > > room below for
> > > > very little extra wind resistance, if any, and
> > > > possibly it ends up
> > > > with less spray. I don't think it would take away
> > > > from the motion or
> > > > increase water resistance. It does add marginally to
> > > > complexity in
> > > > building, but I don't think excessively. Panels need
> > > > to be joined
> > > > somewhere, and I find it difficult in working on
> > > > panels much more than
> > > > the standard 1200 wide,
> > >
> > > Shuttleworth has analyzed this very much. Two articles
> > > I found first from Shuttleworth'
> > >
> > > http://www.john-
> > >
> > > http://www.john-
> > >
> > > These should give good idea. Since you never sail
> > > directly to wind flare gives no more resistance to
> > > wind. Keeping flare up should make no difference to
> > > resistance through water (could be some but I really
> > > do not know). Flare reduces spray. Building is more
> > > complex and some surface and material will probably
> > > need to be added. Will it affect motion and cause
> > > slamming of waves to underside of flare? I don't know.
> > > Could be. Increase of interior volume should make it
> > > much more comfortable inside the ww hull. Just don't
> > > fill it with all the heavy stuff.
> > >
> > > Arto
> > >
> >
> >
>
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