seems about a hundred years ago

[johnw]

The McGregor 26 is Not Funny!

I'd put a jollyboat on the joker card, of course.

[Jay Greer]

I have posted this before but I just can't stop admiring "Seabird" a Fife design that is over a hundred years old. I might just consider building her. She is, to my thinking, just plain lovely as well as a very smart sailer. Oh yes, it goes without saying that she is absolutely beautiful, captivating and stunning as well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcnz3V-Fq5E
She is a heart stopper for sure!
Jay

[Garret]

I want to put 52 of my designs on playing cards,
what designs would you choose for clubs,spades,hearts and diamonds

and what would you choose for the joker

50' 5' draft flush deck schooner? Sorry - I couldn't resist.

Those are some beautiful boats Peter.

[peter radclyffe]

it can be a struggle to design and build a boat,
many years ago i designed a boat for my brother,
he contacted a naval architect and asked for stability calculations and other info,
without looking at the design the N A trashed it,and said it was worthless
and that if he wanted a design,the n a would design him another boat,
how strange is that
my brother did not contact him again

this may be the last response you expect from an n a,
most n a,s are helpful,but you might get this response if you offer to pay an n a for his professional services,
i wonder if you can guess which n a it was,he is a contributor to this forum

[Thad]

My idea for marketing is to build the boat and go sailing. What you say about stability calculations etc may be true, but these details will mean nothing in practice except confidence and overconfidence. Sailing a topsail gaff rig boat in my experience is a matter of feel and experience, not a matter of numbers off a sheet. You know how building practice was in the days out of which your plan comes and how those boats sailed, so you know how she will be. You can do displacement calculations and go on to centers of gravity, etc toward stability calculation, but if a person only trust the computer you might not want that person sailing your boat. Alternatively you must find a NA you can talk to, willing and interested in working with you. Tough market these days.

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.boatdesign.net/gallery/sh...hp/photo/21453

[peter radclyffe]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8...0dfbe2f7b3.jpg

[peter radclyffe]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8...0dfbe2f7b3.jpg

anybody want a j class

[peter radclyffe]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8...a8b9f96173.jpg

[peter radclyffe]

quote John W
I'd put a jollyboat on the joker card, of course.

[peter radclyffe]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8211/8...fba6b7dc_m.jpg

[peter radclyffe]

[peter radclyffe]

A 7 metre troll class, jolly boat

[RFNK]

Many would argue with you about that - but not me! But life is too short!

Rick

[peter radclyffe]

http://intheboatshed.net/wp-content/...m-schooner.png

[peter radclyffe]

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...6416267&type=3

more j,s

[peter radclyffe]

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...6416267&type=3

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.ssca.no/

[peter radclyffe]

vela latina

https://picasaweb.google.com/catino0...at=directlink#

[peter radclyffe]

http://foro.latabernadelpuerto.com/s...ad.php?t=78752

[peter radclyffe]

<a href="http://foro.latabernadelpuerto.com/showthread.php?t=78752">http://foro.latabernadelpuerto.com/showthread.php?t=78752</a>

[peter radclyffe]

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjRQVukfAU

[peter radclyffe]

[peter radclyffe]

raising the wyvern
http://www.nrk.no/rogaland/wyvern-hj...ker-1.11161398

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lo...l#.UgPT39L2Y7q

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/oak-ships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyUlvHQuxQ

[peter radclyffe]

merrymaid, i studied on tollesbury marshes in 1971, where i first learnt how to design these hulls

http://merrymaid.sy/press.php

[johnw]

merrymaid, i studied on tollesbury marshes in 1971, where i first learnt how to design these hulls

http://merrymaid.sy/press.php

Thanks for that.

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.zeilen.nl/nieuws/nieuwe-c...-water-gelaten

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.boatdesign.net/gallery/sh...hp?photo=23339

[peter radclyffe]

December-6-2013 2:14pm

No 142 . 80 metre x 14 beam x 4.3 to 10.2 draft. 4 masted bermudan schooner, 750 tonnes, sail area 2,100 m2, rig 57 metres

[peter radclyffe]

http://www.nrk.no/ostfold/_jelsa_-er...att-1.10957189

[donald branscom]

That N.A. just did not like your design.

[peter radclyffe]

which N A Donald