Re: [bolger] Re: Ada isometric, was: Large, big, long Diablo

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Mark Albanese <marka97203@...> wrote:
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> Bruce,
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> After long making the same mistake, I suddenly realize the Planing Motorsailer in your nice model is not  Ada.
> The dimensions noted for the 30% stretch of Diablo in the cartoon are the 20 x 5 you worked from. The mention in BWAOM of Ada, pp. 324, says 26 x 6.
> The book is otherwise so free of typos and apparent mistakes that one doubts an error.
> Mark
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Yeah, I agree, the Cartoon #10 "Planing Motor Sailer" is too small to
be Ada. At the most, we have seen of only perhaps 1/3rd of the PCB
boat designs.

I wonder if there are line drawings of Ada anywhere? There are photos
of Ada on Bill McKibben's webpage here:

http://www.boatdesign.com/jumps/mckib/Page.html

Ada seems to be a scale up of cartoon #10, with a 'sitting head room'
cabin added instead of the crawling height cuddy.


After long thinking differently, I suddenly realize the Planing Motorsailer in your nice model isnot  Ada.
The dimensions noted for a 30% stretch of Diablo in the cartoon come to 19.5 x 5. The note in BWAOM on Ada, pp. 324, says 26 x 6.

Ada is similar to a very stretched Diablo Grande, itself 18' x 6' 3" .  It's more probably adapted from the 26' Texas Dory Sampan, much slimmed down. Couldn't find a drawing of that one handy, tho the Sampan Express 22 here has a cabin like the Ada photo seen in BWAOM.


 
On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Bruce Hallman wrote:
 

Here is an isometric of the SBJ V34, Cartoon #10, "Planing Motor
Sailer". 20ft x 5ft. I think this is synonymous with the boat known
as "Ada", with a stretched "Diablo" type hullform.
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http://www.hallman.org/bolger/Ada/

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Here is an isometric of the SBJ V34, Cartoon #10, "Planing Motor
Sailer". 20ft x 5ft. I think this is synonymous with the boat known
as "Ada", with a stretched "Diablo" type hullform.

Some random thoughts. 1) It was interesting to work out the air flow
around the sprit sail with jib, as I had no familiarity with this sail
rig, and it is wildly different than a sloop or gaff sail. 2) This is
a 'small' boat, with the cuddy being tiny. 3) The 'racks' for the
spars serve a double duty as "backrests" for the boat while motoring,
this is classic PCB genius via simplicity. 4) Overall, I am reminded
of Dovekie, or similar as this boat is designed to be an ultralight
trailer boat.

http://www.hallman.org/bolger/Ada/