Re: [bolger] Re: Another design question
Pete
Crown radius is
h/2 + ((b**2)/8h)
where b is the chord and
h the max height of the crown above it, &
B**2 = b squared.
Jeff
ps 23feet 5.1875inches is the kind of rot you
get when you calc everything in decimal feet to say 5 decimal places, and
decide to
convert it to inches so people can actually measure it.
(thus going from the sublime to the ridiculous )
But then if America insists on retaining feet over mm,
where are the decimal feet tapes and rulers??
One simply cant both calc and measure in imperial.
Chorus:
The English, the English, the English are best etc etc
pps Whover cautioned our mathematical doodlings as OT
please note my feeble attempt to switch lists. But I would say that
the ballasting thread is very relevant to Bolger as he offers a range of
ballasting
systems in his work which could be bewildering to a potential Bolger
builder.
Further the safety of a sailboat is directly linked to choosing the correct
ballasting
for your hull and sail grounds. There is no wrong list for safety issues.
Crown radius is
h/2 + ((b**2)/8h)
where b is the chord and
h the max height of the crown above it, &
B**2 = b squared.
Jeff
ps 23feet 5.1875inches is the kind of rot you
get when you calc everything in decimal feet to say 5 decimal places, and
decide to
convert it to inches so people can actually measure it.
(thus going from the sublime to the ridiculous )
But then if America insists on retaining feet over mm,
where are the decimal feet tapes and rulers??
One simply cant both calc and measure in imperial.
Chorus:
The English, the English, the English are best etc etc
pps Whover cautioned our mathematical doodlings as OT
please note my feeble attempt to switch lists. But I would say that
the ballasting thread is very relevant to Bolger as he offers a range of
ballasting
systems in his work which could be bewildering to a potential Bolger
builder.
Further the safety of a sailboat is directly linked to choosing the correct
ballasting
for your hull and sail grounds. There is no wrong list for safety issues.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Vanderwaart <pvanderw@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Subject: [bolger] Re: Another design question
I have a set of plans for the Norwalk Island Sharpie. They all came
from a CAD system of some sort and some of the details are a little
silly. For example, the radius of the transom crown was given as 23'-
5.1875". (On balance, I think the plans are exhaustive and very
clear. A complete plan for each frame is given on a separtae 8 1/2 x
11 page, which is not necessarily as convenient as putting them all
on a bigger sheet.)
Peter
> But I have no idea how Bolger or Michalak comeI haven't had time to go through your math, but with respect to the
> up with the angles. They probably are drawing the lines in a cad
> program and they all come out because they are being calculated
> constantly.
above, I believe that they draw the boat and then figure the angle
from the drawing via geometric methods. That is, draw the angle, then
measure it with a protractor or measure the sides and get the angle
from a trig table.
Mr. Bolger drew most of the boats you are talking about before small
computers & cheap CAD were available. He is very much a paper and ink
person.
Michalak has described bits and pieces of his design methods in his
various essays, and he also designs on paper.
I have a set of plans for the Norwalk Island Sharpie. They all came
from a CAD system of some sort and some of the details are a little
silly. For example, the radius of the transom crown was given as 23'-
5.1875". (On balance, I think the plans are exhaustive and very
clear. A complete plan for each frame is given on a separtae 8 1/2 x
11 page, which is not necessarily as convenient as putting them all
on a bigger sheet.)
Peter
I have had the same question. Peter has addressed how flair and
tumblehome could affect sheer. But I have been interested in the
geometry and design of (and designing) instant boats (built with no
backbone) where there is a (virtually) constant flair from stem to
stern, with a constant width side plank, such as Windsprint and
Birdwatcher - but also boats like Black Skimmer (or Skillygalee) ,
with a varying plank width. The section view of these boats have the
flair lines parallel. Getting the plank ends cut at the proper angle
ensures that the plank will lie correctly and come together just
right. Just recently I have worked it out on paper like this.
At the bow (and the stern of double-ended boats) of a straight
stemmed boat, you can work with three related right triangles in a 3
dimensional figure. Since the fore and aft distance is so short, and
there is so little curve to the sides in this short forward section
of the boat, we just assume that there is zero curve to the plank.
Take a look at the plan view of Birdwatcher or Windsprint and you can
see this straight line forward.
The first right triangle is in the profile (side) view and lies on
the centerline, where the stem is the hypotenuse, the bottom corner
is
where the stem meets the boat's bottom, the other two sides are
perfectly vertical (side Y) and perfectly horizontal (side Z), all on
centerline. One of the angles of this triangle is equal to the bow
profile angle, the angle above horizontal.
The second right triangle is in the section (end) view. It describes
half of a vertical bulkhead (if there were one) and sits on its point
right at the base of the stem. Its has a vertical side on the
centerline (side Y shared with the first triangle), its upper side is
horizontal running athwartship to the sheer (side X), and its
hypotenuse lies on the side plank. Its bottom angle is the angle of
flair.
The third right triangle is seen in plan (top) view, and its sides
are the top edge of the vertical bulkhead (side X with triangle 2),
the centered horizontal line to the peak of the stem (side Z shared
with triangle 1), and its hypotenuse is the sheer (or really close to
it). The forward angle of this third triangle is the entry angle.
Note: as in Carlson's HULL program, X is width (or 1/2 beam), Y axis
is vertical, and Z is horizontal along the length. If I explained
this well enough, and you were able to draw this, you would have all
three right angle sharing edges or sides with another right angle.
We can make these comparisons,
Tangent of the bow angle (angle above horizontal) = Y/Z
Tangent of the entry angle = X/Z
Tangent of flair = X/Y
Assuming a given entry angle and given flair, there can be only one
bow angle. As you said, you can play around with the possibilities.
Less flair and a wider entry angle will force the bow angle up from
the horizontal. And conversely, more flair and a narrower entry
angle will lower the bow angle towards horizontal. If you have Build
the New Instant Boats, it is quite evident when you compare the Light
Schooner with Windsprint.
I have been "working" on a Bolger-inspired, instant-type box sharpie,
that has much in common with Skillygalee, has the leeboards of
Blackskimmer, and uses planks 20 to 22 feet long. That's how I've
gotten into this. But I have know idea how Bolger or Michalak come
up with the angles. They probably are drawing the lines in a cad
program and they all come out because they are being calculated
constantly.
Seems "on topic" to me. ;-)
Phil Lea
Russellville, Arkansas
I want to start
tumblehome could affect sheer. But I have been interested in the
geometry and design of (and designing) instant boats (built with no
backbone) where there is a (virtually) constant flair from stem to
stern, with a constant width side plank, such as Windsprint and
Birdwatcher - but also boats like Black Skimmer (or Skillygalee) ,
with a varying plank width. The section view of these boats have the
flair lines parallel. Getting the plank ends cut at the proper angle
ensures that the plank will lie correctly and come together just
right. Just recently I have worked it out on paper like this.
At the bow (and the stern of double-ended boats) of a straight
stemmed boat, you can work with three related right triangles in a 3
dimensional figure. Since the fore and aft distance is so short, and
there is so little curve to the sides in this short forward section
of the boat, we just assume that there is zero curve to the plank.
Take a look at the plan view of Birdwatcher or Windsprint and you can
see this straight line forward.
The first right triangle is in the profile (side) view and lies on
the centerline, where the stem is the hypotenuse, the bottom corner
is
where the stem meets the boat's bottom, the other two sides are
perfectly vertical (side Y) and perfectly horizontal (side Z), all on
centerline. One of the angles of this triangle is equal to the bow
profile angle, the angle above horizontal.
The second right triangle is in the section (end) view. It describes
half of a vertical bulkhead (if there were one) and sits on its point
right at the base of the stem. Its has a vertical side on the
centerline (side Y shared with the first triangle), its upper side is
horizontal running athwartship to the sheer (side X), and its
hypotenuse lies on the side plank. Its bottom angle is the angle of
flair.
The third right triangle is seen in plan (top) view, and its sides
are the top edge of the vertical bulkhead (side X with triangle 2),
the centered horizontal line to the peak of the stem (side Z shared
with triangle 1), and its hypotenuse is the sheer (or really close to
it). The forward angle of this third triangle is the entry angle.
Note: as in Carlson's HULL program, X is width (or 1/2 beam), Y axis
is vertical, and Z is horizontal along the length. If I explained
this well enough, and you were able to draw this, you would have all
three right angle sharing edges or sides with another right angle.
We can make these comparisons,
Tangent of the bow angle (angle above horizontal) = Y/Z
Tangent of the entry angle = X/Z
Tangent of flair = X/Y
Assuming a given entry angle and given flair, there can be only one
bow angle. As you said, you can play around with the possibilities.
Less flair and a wider entry angle will force the bow angle up from
the horizontal. And conversely, more flair and a narrower entry
angle will lower the bow angle towards horizontal. If you have Build
the New Instant Boats, it is quite evident when you compare the Light
Schooner with Windsprint.
I have been "working" on a Bolger-inspired, instant-type box sharpie,
that has much in common with Skillygalee, has the leeboards of
Blackskimmer, and uses planks 20 to 22 feet long. That's how I've
gotten into this. But I have know idea how Bolger or Michalak come
up with the angles. They probably are drawing the lines in a cad
program and they all come out because they are being calculated
constantly.
Seems "on topic" to me. ;-)
Phil Lea
Russellville, Arkansas
> From: Matthew, Agnès & Fletcher Peillet-Long<matthew.long@l...>
> Date: Thu Nov 2, 2000 10:59pm Subject: Another design questiondesigners in the
>
> Here's another question for all the other would-be small boat
> group. [snip] Say you want to make a boat out of straight cutsides, like Teal
> or Zephyr or many others, just cutting off the ends at an angle,spacing the
> sides with a frame, and joining the ends at stem and stern (or bowand stern
> transoms). For a fair, untwisted side panel there is a setrelationship between
> angles of the end cuts and the width of the frame that determinesthe flare and
> the sheer. Can someone explain this to me? I can visualize it, Ican
> demonstrate it, but I'd like to be able to calculate it.Basically,
I want to start
> with rectangular side panels of a given length (8', 16', 24', youget the idea)
> and height, and play around with the possibilities.
> Thanks,
> Matthew
Gregg,
Hey! Thanks for the quick response! I wasn't complaining about
your program, by the way. I like it A LOT. I was just stumped, and
hadn't fiddled enough, yet. I'll try your instructions.
Take care,
Pete
Hey! Thanks for the quick response! I wasn't complaining about
your program, by the way. I like it A LOT. I was just stumped, and
hadn't fiddled enough, yet. I'll try your instructions.
Take care,
Pete
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, GHC <ghartc@p...> wrote:
> Enter a displacement for the hull to begin to see stability
calculations.
> Enter "0" to turn them back off.
>
> After you Save/Create, you can go to nesting. Check -->[x] and you
get
> offsets. Save, and they all go into nest.txt, which you can read.
All
> your "raw" panels, unnested, are saved in handplot.txt. No one said
> freeware had to make sense, too... (well, that's not true, someone
did once
> tell me so ;-)
>
> While nesting, you can also Print to your printer, though my print
driver
> isn't all that reliable. Maybe better to Save/Create to DXF or
HPGL and
> import and print from your favorite CAD program.
>
> Gregg Carlson
>
>
> At 07:53 PM 11/3/2000 -0000, you wrote:
> > One thing that stumps me is how to save the dimensions on the
> >panels in the nesting program, in Hull Design. I also haven't
figured
> >out how to do stability stuff with it. I'd like to print them so
that
> >I can make some models to test if plywood will take the bends. I
> >haven't learned how to expand panels from a drawing by the
> >traditional manner. Yet.
Enter a displacement for the hull to begin to see stability calculations.
Enter "0" to turn them back off.
After you Save/Create, you can go to nesting. Check -->[x] and you get
offsets. Save, and they all go into nest.txt, which you can read. All
your "raw" panels, unnested, are saved in handplot.txt. No one said
freeware had to make sense, too... (well, that's not true, someone did once
tell me so ;-)
While nesting, you can also Print to your printer, though my print driver
isn't all that reliable. Maybe better to Save/Create to DXF or HPGL and
import and print from your favorite CAD program.
Gregg Carlson
At 07:53 PM 11/3/2000 -0000, you wrote:
Enter "0" to turn them back off.
After you Save/Create, you can go to nesting. Check -->[x] and you get
offsets. Save, and they all go into nest.txt, which you can read. All
your "raw" panels, unnested, are saved in handplot.txt. No one said
freeware had to make sense, too... (well, that's not true, someone did once
tell me so ;-)
While nesting, you can also Print to your printer, though my print driver
isn't all that reliable. Maybe better to Save/Create to DXF or HPGL and
import and print from your favorite CAD program.
Gregg Carlson
At 07:53 PM 11/3/2000 -0000, you wrote:
> One thing that stumps me is how to save the dimensions on the
>panels in the nesting program, in Hull Design. I also haven't figured
>out how to do stability stuff with it. I'd like to print them so that
>I can make some models to test if plywood will take the bends. I
>haven't learned how to expand panels from a drawing by the
>traditional manner. Yet.
Pete,
you can calculate it out reasonably, but only if you assume all your curves
are
part of a circle, Thats probably ok for
a wharram canoe hull,
but not most monos.
Otherwise you can use Carene (free shareware) and look at the developed
panels.
I think Greg Carlsons shareware program does it too.
I agree with what you say below.
Its very hard to discuss without a pen & paper,
isnt it?
Jeff.
you can calculate it out reasonably, but only if you assume all your curves
are
part of a circle, Thats probably ok for
a wharram canoe hull,
but not most monos.
Otherwise you can use Carene (free shareware) and look at the developed
panels.
I think Greg Carlsons shareware program does it too.
I agree with what you say below.
Its very hard to discuss without a pen & paper,
isnt it?
Jeff.
----- Original Message -----
From: <pmcrannell@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 4:02 AM
Subject: [bolger] Re: Another design question
Matthew,
If the ends of your straight edged panels are cut at an angle,
you'll automatically get some flare. With frames wider on the top
than the bottom, you'll automatically get sheer. Varying these will
give you differing amounts of both.
If you increase the rake of the panel ends on a given midsection,
you'll indroduce more twist to the sides. You won't get constant
bevels (no biggy, especially in a flat bottomed boat). Decrease the
rake, and you'll have less twist.
Increasing the flare, only, you'll end up with more sheer.
Decreasing flare will produce a flatter sheer.
I have no idea how you'd calculate the results. If I were doing
it, I'd make make scaled, card stock models. Then you'll be able to
see how much a small change effects the sheer and flare. It can be
pretty dramatic. Make sure you can disassemble the model. Then you
can take the measurements directly off the panels.
Take care,
Pete Reynolds
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Matthew, Agnès & Fletcher Peillet-Long"
<matthew.long@l...> wrote:
> Here's another question for all the other would-be small boat
designers
> in the group. (That Duckworks contest is calling!)
>
> I've got Jim Michalak's SECRET GUIDE TO PLYWOOD BOAT DESIGN, and
> Chapelle's BOATBUILDING, and I still can't get this one clear in my
> head.
>
> Say you want to make a boat out of straight cut sides, like Teal or
> Zephyr or many others, just cutting off the ends at an angle,
spacing
> the sides with a frame, and joining the ends at stem and stern (or
bow
> and stern transoms). For a fair, untwisted side panel there is a
set
> relationship between the angles of the end cuts and the width of
the
> frame that determines the flare and the sheer.
>
> Can someone explain this to me? I can visualize it, I can
demonstrate
> it, but I'd like to be able to calculate it. Basically, I want to
> start with rectangular side panels of a given length (8', 16', 24',
you
> get the idea) and height, and play around with the possibilities.
>
> Feel free to contact me directly if this is too far off-topic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
Bolger rules!!!
- no cursing
- stay on topic
- use punctuation
- add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
- add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
Jeff,
I have both of these programs, and have fiddled with them, but I
haven't progressed very far with them. I just got an old 386 doorstop
computer for home (a giveaway). Once I get the disk drive switched to
a 3.5 incher, I'll be able to practice more. It's dicey doing it here
at work!
One thing that stumps me is how to save the dimensions on the
panels in the nesting program, in Hull Design. I also haven't figured
out how to do stability stuff with it. I'd like to print them so that
I can make some models to test if plywood will take the bends. I
haven't learned how to expand panels from a drawing by the
traditional manner. Yet.
I wish some of us could get together sometime, equipped with a box
of pencils, a sharpener, reams of paper, splines, and ducks! I think
we'd have a blast, and produce some good arguments, drawings, and get
our fill of cross-pollenation. Rum, of course, would be involved!
I agree that it's hard to communicate a lot of these things in
print. I takes a long time to figure out how to explain things that
are best done visually. I'll have to try to do some drawings, and
scan them.
My work schedule has been nuts. You guys don't realize this, but
it's Christmas, already (!), for us web (and regular) retail guys.
That and server explosions have increased my workload. I'm going to
try to get my boat design entry finished in time, and do some other
drawings, illustrating some of the threads I've stuck my oar in on. I
can't wait for a hard winter!
Take care,
Pete
I have both of these programs, and have fiddled with them, but I
haven't progressed very far with them. I just got an old 386 doorstop
computer for home (a giveaway). Once I get the disk drive switched to
a 3.5 incher, I'll be able to practice more. It's dicey doing it here
at work!
One thing that stumps me is how to save the dimensions on the
panels in the nesting program, in Hull Design. I also haven't figured
out how to do stability stuff with it. I'd like to print them so that
I can make some models to test if plywood will take the bends. I
haven't learned how to expand panels from a drawing by the
traditional manner. Yet.
I wish some of us could get together sometime, equipped with a box
of pencils, a sharpener, reams of paper, splines, and ducks! I think
we'd have a blast, and produce some good arguments, drawings, and get
our fill of cross-pollenation. Rum, of course, would be involved!
I agree that it's hard to communicate a lot of these things in
print. I takes a long time to figure out how to explain things that
are best done visually. I'll have to try to do some drawings, and
scan them.
My work schedule has been nuts. You guys don't realize this, but
it's Christmas, already (!), for us web (and regular) retail guys.
That and server explosions have increased my workload. I'm going to
try to get my boat design entry finished in time, and do some other
drawings, illustrating some of the threads I've stuck my oar in on. I
can't wait for a hard winter!
Take care,
Pete
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Jeff Gilbert" <jgilbert@d...> wrote:
> Pete,
> you can calculate it out reasonably, but only if you assume all
your curves
> are
> part of a circle, Thats probably ok for
> a wharram canoe hull,
> but not most monos.
> Otherwise you can use Carene (free shareware) and look at the
developed
> panels.
> I think Greg Carlsons shareware program does it too.
> I agree with what you say below.
> Its very hard to discuss without a pen & paper,
> isnt it?
> Jeff.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <pmcrannell@y...>
> To: <bolger@egroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 4:02 AM
> Subject: [bolger] Re: Another design question
>
>
> Matthew,
>
> If the ends of your straight edged panels are cut at an angle,
> you'll automatically get some flare. With frames wider on the top
> than the bottom, you'll automatically get sheer. Varying these will
> give you differing amounts of both.
>
> If you increase the rake of the panel ends on a given midsection,
> you'll indroduce more twist to the sides. You won't get constant
> bevels (no biggy, especially in a flat bottomed boat). Decrease the
> rake, and you'll have less twist.
>
> Increasing the flare, only, you'll end up with more sheer.
> Decreasing flare will produce a flatter sheer.
>
> I have no idea how you'd calculate the results. If I were doing
> it, I'd make make scaled, card stock models. Then you'll be able to
> see how much a small change effects the sheer and flare. It can be
> pretty dramatic. Make sure you can disassemble the model. Then you
> can take the measurements directly off the panels.
>
> Take care,
> Pete Reynolds
>
>
>
> --- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Matthew, Agnès & Fletcher Peillet-Long"
> <matthew.long@l...> wrote:
> > Here's another question for all the other would-be small boat
> designers
> > in the group. (That Duckworks contest is calling!)
> >
> > I've got Jim Michalak's SECRET GUIDE TO PLYWOOD BOAT DESIGN, and
> > Chapelle's BOATBUILDING, and I still can't get this one clear in
my
> > head.
> >
> > Say you want to make a boat out of straight cut sides, like Teal
or
> > Zephyr or many others, just cutting off the ends at an angle,
> spacing
> > the sides with a frame, and joining the ends at stem and stern (or
> bow
> > and stern transoms). For a fair, untwisted side panel there is a
> set
> > relationship between the angles of the end cuts and the width of
> the
> > frame that determines the flare and the sheer.
> >
> > Can someone explain this to me? I can visualize it, I can
> demonstrate
> > it, but I'd like to be able to calculate it. Basically, I want to
> > start with rectangular side panels of a given length (8', 16',
24',
> you
> > get the idea) and height, and play around with the possibilities.
> >
> > Feel free to contact me directly if this is too far off-topic.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matthew
>
>
>
> Bolger rules!!!
> - no cursing
> - stay on topic
> - use punctuation
> - add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
> - add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
Matthew,
If the ends of your straight edged panels are cut at an angle,
you'll automatically get some flare. With frames wider on the top
than the bottom, you'll automatically get sheer. Varying these will
give you differing amounts of both.
If you increase the rake of the panel ends on a given midsection,
you'll indroduce more twist to the sides. You won't get constant
bevels (no biggy, especially in a flat bottomed boat). Decrease the
rake, and you'll have less twist.
Increasing the flare, only, you'll end up with more sheer.
Decreasing flare will produce a flatter sheer.
I have no idea how you'd calculate the results. If I were doing
it, I'd make make scaled, card stock models. Then you'll be able to
see how much a small change effects the sheer and flare. It can be
pretty dramatic. Make sure you can disassemble the model. Then you
can take the measurements directly off the panels.
Take care,
Pete Reynolds
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Matthew, Agnès & Fletcher Peillet-Long"
<matthew.long@l...> wrote:
If the ends of your straight edged panels are cut at an angle,
you'll automatically get some flare. With frames wider on the top
than the bottom, you'll automatically get sheer. Varying these will
give you differing amounts of both.
If you increase the rake of the panel ends on a given midsection,
you'll indroduce more twist to the sides. You won't get constant
bevels (no biggy, especially in a flat bottomed boat). Decrease the
rake, and you'll have less twist.
Increasing the flare, only, you'll end up with more sheer.
Decreasing flare will produce a flatter sheer.
I have no idea how you'd calculate the results. If I were doing
it, I'd make make scaled, card stock models. Then you'll be able to
see how much a small change effects the sheer and flare. It can be
pretty dramatic. Make sure you can disassemble the model. Then you
can take the measurements directly off the panels.
Take care,
Pete Reynolds
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Matthew, Agnès & Fletcher Peillet-Long"
<matthew.long@l...> wrote:
> Here's another question for all the other would-be small boatdesigners
> in the group. (That Duckworks contest is calling!)spacing
>
> I've got Jim Michalak's SECRET GUIDE TO PLYWOOD BOAT DESIGN, and
> Chapelle's BOATBUILDING, and I still can't get this one clear in my
> head.
>
> Say you want to make a boat out of straight cut sides, like Teal or
> Zephyr or many others, just cutting off the ends at an angle,
> the sides with a frame, and joining the ends at stem and stern (orbow
> and stern transoms). For a fair, untwisted side panel there is aset
> relationship between the angles of the end cuts and the width ofthe
> frame that determines the flare and the sheer.demonstrate
>
> Can someone explain this to me? I can visualize it, I can
> it, but I'd like to be able to calculate it. Basically, I want toyou
> start with rectangular side panels of a given length (8', 16', 24',
> get the idea) and height, and play around with the possibilities.
>
> Feel free to contact me directly if this is too far off-topic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
Pete
Nit picking dept
Widening the boat alone with the same side angle wont dip the sheer.
Widening the boat at deck level by increasing the angle of the side (twist
out)
relative to the angles carried through the bow and stern will.
Is that what you meant?
Jeff
ps Curving the sides halfway down(introducing tumblehome) will
dip the sheer too, without widening the boat.
Nit picking dept
Widening the boat alone with the same side angle wont dip the sheer.
Widening the boat at deck level by increasing the angle of the side (twist
out)
relative to the angles carried through the bow and stern will.
Is that what you meant?
Jeff
ps Curving the sides halfway down(introducing tumblehome) will
dip the sheer too, without widening the boat.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Vanderwaart <pvanderw@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: [bolger] Re: Another design question
I think geometry is the way to go to answer your questions. If you
lay out the body plan (i.e. end view), you can see how the wider the
boat is, the greater the dip in the sheer.
Peter
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>For a fair, untwisted side panel there is a setthe
> relationship between the angles of the end cuts and the width of
> frame that determines the flare and the sheer.I'm not sure that the meaning I take from this sentance is the one
you intend. But as I read it, it is not true.
Suppose you have two identical side pieces. Top and bottom edges are
stright and parallel. Ends are at an angle. If you stitch the ends
together with wire, you can fit a midships frame for either a narrow
boat or a fat boat.
I think geometry is the way to go to answer your questions. If you
lay out the body plan (i.e. end view), you can see how the wider the
boat is, the greater the dip in the sheer.
Peter
Here's another question for all the other would-be small boat designers
in the group. (That Duckworks contest is calling!)
I've got Jim Michalak's SECRET GUIDE TO PLYWOOD BOAT DESIGN, and
Chapelle's BOATBUILDING, and I still can't get this one clear in my
head.
Say you want to make a boat out of straight cut sides, like Teal or
Zephyr or many others, just cutting off the ends at an angle, spacing
the sides with a frame, and joining the ends at stem and stern (or bow
and stern transoms). For a fair, untwisted side panel there is a set
relationship between the angles of the end cuts and the width of the
frame that determines the flare and the sheer.
Can someone explain this to me? I can visualize it, I can demonstrate
it, but I'd like to be able to calculate it. Basically, I want to
start with rectangular side panels of a given length (8', 16', 24', you
get the idea) and height, and play around with the possibilities.
Feel free to contact me directly if this is too far off-topic.
Thanks,
Matthew
in the group. (That Duckworks contest is calling!)
I've got Jim Michalak's SECRET GUIDE TO PLYWOOD BOAT DESIGN, and
Chapelle's BOATBUILDING, and I still can't get this one clear in my
head.
Say you want to make a boat out of straight cut sides, like Teal or
Zephyr or many others, just cutting off the ends at an angle, spacing
the sides with a frame, and joining the ends at stem and stern (or bow
and stern transoms). For a fair, untwisted side panel there is a set
relationship between the angles of the end cuts and the width of the
frame that determines the flare and the sheer.
Can someone explain this to me? I can visualize it, I can demonstrate
it, but I'd like to be able to calculate it. Basically, I want to
start with rectangular side panels of a given length (8', 16', 24', you
get the idea) and height, and play around with the possibilities.
Feel free to contact me directly if this is too far off-topic.
Thanks,
Matthew