boat design/research
- Development of curved surfaces
- if you can use a calculator you can design a boat
- Read all the parts in this great series!
- super slender racing yachts
- yacht research homepage
- Design
- scientific research
- especially look at hydrodynamics!
- 7seas modelbase
- modelbase papers
- actually for planes...
- xflr5
- Interface for Xfoil
software
- Gerris Flow Solver CFD
- OpenFOAM CFD
- Delftship
- This is the new version of Free!Ship.
- Free!Ship
- My favourite. This has more features than the newer Delftship, I believe.
- Hullform
- Carlson design
- a few good programs for sail and boat design. Especially the Hull designer software. Very easy to use. Scroll down the page, the search is wearth it!
- bio design/displacement
- bearboat
- Michlet Boat Analysis software
- SailCut
- jsdn
- also here
- Polycad
- a couple of free programs
- hulldrag
- Unfold
- Dos program for expanding panels. A little odd to use.
- Many commercial/free programs
construction techniques, building tips etc
- practical boat building for amateurs, PICTURE SCANS
- woodbending in the bedroom
- build your own boat
- read plans
- pl-premium
- Using construction adhesive for boatbuilding. Here is also a testimonial. And here a skiff built using pl-premium and drywall mesh tape.
- Epoxy Balance
- Epoxy Tips
- Michael Storer Boat Design Building and Repair - FAQ
- Mike Saunder's tips....
- Improvised power tools.
- SteambendingFAQ.
parts
- A Wood Bilge Pump
- Inexpensive water tight hatches and inspection ports.....
- pvc jib furler
- A homemade jib furler
- building a roller furler
- Another jib furler
- And another furler!!
- Homemade steel hardware
- smart tiller extension
- Home-Made Whisker Pole
- automatic whisker pole launcher
- Whisker Pole Instructions Page
- A slightly complicated adjustable length whisker pole.
- clever boom vang
- sailboat drain plugs
- build a lightweight box mast
- Awreet! A Page of DIY Cleats
- Easy Sail Gaskets
- Sail Gasket Template
- New and Maybe Improved Sail Ties
- Disposable Paintbrush Sail Gaskets
- A Masthead Float
Foils
- Rudder & Daggerboard Foils
- Semi Automatic Leeboards
- The Joy of Leading
- Bufflehead - Part-4 - Finishing Details
- Saralee’s New Rudder
oars/paddles
- free paddle plans
- oar and paddle plans
- simple oars
- how to make your own oars
- quick and dirty oars
- make a feathered kayak paddle
- quick kayak paddle
- Aleut Paddle
- Greenland Paddle
- Free Paddle Plans
- By Michael Storer, 3 great designs.
- Free 9ft Oar Plans
- By Michael Storer, designed for the Goat Island skiff.
trolleys
- a cheap boat launcher
- lightweight launching trolley [pdf, 245KB]
- On page 8, a launching trolley made of plastic tubing
self steering
sliding seat
- AYRSLIDE
- an Add-On Go-Faster System for Catamarans
- Classic Hornets
- AYRU Single Handed Trials
- Restoration of Unit 7
- Selway Fisher JC10
- ToY 117
- An awesome boat, and blog article.
- The Payne-Mortlock Sailing Canoe
- Australian 14' Skate Home Page
- A modern class that still races.
other other :)
- Building a dinghy trestle
- basically sawhorses
- http://www.mit.edu/people/robot/index.html
- Carpentry for boys ebook
- smallsailboats
- primitive technology
- Jim Michelak
- PD Racer
- South Texas Boat
- Michael Storer
- Scouting
- Christopher Molloy
- Elver
- cajun pirogue
- currachs
- The voyage of acrohc
- Boat racing game
- boats
- cabin boy
- Links
- Building the Umiak
- How to Build a raft
- Man Friday Log Raft
- Build your own boat
- Triloboat
multihulls
- the amarylis
- build a cheap 16' catamaran
- construction of a crab claw catamaran
- the multihull zone - Links
- rebelcat
- Trikini
- look for the flying carpet.
- trinardo