Rick,
1. I guess it is a typo and it is 6mm thick wall stainless tube ?
2. I posted the bow shape link just to try to "see" the form you were describing ... the facebook link you gave me does not work but I remember now posts and images of your work, side mounted properler with curved driving shaft. I was very impressed by the "out of the box" thinking when I saw those !
I saw on your page design V15-58 and found Joe Tracy's V16-64 pictures and I see now what you are describing.
I also stumbled on the Pedal power for a HP of June last Year while looking for more info on other of your posts I remember for hydraulic steering gearbox. Must say I love this and my girlfriend also ! A good workout when there is no wind is a great idea. (I think she would pedal even if no wind !) You can be 100% certain that this is going to happen on my future boat ! (I even started to add the weights in my excell sheet) I cannot see the picture of your June 28, 2015 post "bit further development of the pedal drive idea suited to the Cruiser 60 with a cockpit or deck well" ... could you send it to me please ?
One setup for pedaling the hole boat or only the tender would be even better.
Untill now I just drawn the simplest shape I could for bow. I noted down all your recommandations so far and once I get to specific hulls bow form of the design, I would be very thankful for any more advises.
4. Thanks for asking Nol. Noted for the steering system continuous rotation, make sense.
5. Ok, I think I understand now how you calculate the force, thanks ... please see attached drawing for how I resolve forces, anything I am doing wrong ?
The 200 gsm triaxial I guess in on top of the "normal" 450 gsm on both side of a 10 mm foam ?
I still need to reduce the height of the lw hull because the cutout in the bridgedeck to fold the lw hull has taken out way too much space inside, and I do not want to increase the length of the bridgedeck. I am now up to find out the weight of a 15m long by 700 high lw hull knowing that it is not going to be the lightest it can be :-(
Thanks,
Luc