[bolger] Re: SV: A slightly smaller Chebacco?

What about Long Micro? 19 ft long and no need for change of original plans.
Bjorn in Oslo (yessir, the fjord is still frozen...)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Carter Kennedy <jkck@...>
To: <bolger@...>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: [bolger] Re: A slightly smaller Chebacco?


> "glen gibson" <glen_gibso-@...> wrote:
> original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=3739
>
> > What
> > would you guys think about a 11/12ths version of the Chebacco
> >
>
> The boat's capacity goes down by something like the cube of the
> reduction in length, it would be something like 3/4, or less, of a
> Chebacco's capacity. You also have to reduce the sail area by 1/4 or
> more. The location and shape of the sails may not work the same as for
> the bigger boat because they are reduced by a different fraction than
> the hull is.
>
> I remember this from David Gerr's "The Nature of Boats." You should
> read that before going ahead with your redesign.
>
> You write of maintaining the same scantlings, which would make it
> heavier for its length than Chebacco. . . it's a can of worms. Are you
> sure there is no pretty, well-sailing, easy-to-build 18' Bolger boat?
>
> Carter Kennedy
>
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