Zoom Mtg. 2 May -Building a Sliding Seat Rowing Boat – John Perry

2nd May 20206th June 2020 John Perry 2 Comments rowing boat, stitch and glue, Water jet

For our previous meeting John covered the design of a sliding seat recreational rowing boat, he now continues with a

Zoom Mtg. 25 April 2020 – Designing a Sliding Seat Rowing Boat – John Perry

27th April 202017th June 2020 John Perry 0 Comments rowing, rowing boat, sliding seat

John Perry gave a presentation about the design process for a 4.57m (15 foot) sliding seat rowing boat, this presentation being followed by video demonstrating the design features. The construction and use of the boat will be the subject of a following meeting.

Gossip & other snippets • Tiltable (Flettner) Rotor sails on Baltic Sea ferry
See https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/35m-ti ... rgo-ro-ro/Statistics: Posted by AYRS Editor — Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:22 pm
Welcome to the AYRS Forums • Re: Hello from SF Bay - Tilt wing
The closest I know to what you seem to have in mind is Dingbat. There is a web site, but it hasn't been updated since 2008: https://www.dingbat.com.au/Latest.htmlI have been idly thinking about doing something similar with a KiteWing (https://kitewing.com/), which is a hand held 4sqm wing that resembles a hangglider. But I have enough other […]
Events & other announcements • Weymouth Speedweek 2021
I am informed that Weymouth Speedweek 2021 will be from 9th to 15th October, and that the AYRS meeting on Speedsailing will be on 15th at Weymouth Sailing Club. More details on the Events list of this website.Statistics: Posted by AYRS Secretary — Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:09 pm
Technical Papers for review and comment • Re: Howard Fund
Unfortunately I’m not able to do that due to the location of main sheet holding point.But it’s not so important afterward. But, what is surprising with this boat, is that he is faster before wind! And that’s incredible! So I try to figure how and I find that the drag coefficient of the sails configuration […]
Technical Papers for review and comment • Re: Howard Fund
I forgot that the masts are a bit ahead of the rotation axis.Even so, can the rig be rotated so far that the forward and aft sails are along a line parallel to the centreline? Could the forward sail be sheeted in far enough for upwind work? That should still be the closest comparison to […]