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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs?
By:Jeff Horton
Date: 8/23/2013, 7:45 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs? (Marc Upchurch)

Personally I am worried about the sail and mast forces in a SOF. I've never decided how to handle those. But of course I want too much sail - not just a postage stamp.

Kukzu was talking about a Trimaran SOF sailboat. You might talk to him. I don't think he figured out how to handle the loads to his satisfaction.

I had some concerns but what stalled me was the effort it would take to set up the boat and disassemble it. I could tie the mast to the outriggers, double up the frames and build a socket for the base. I would have had to design some of it as I built it. But your right in that if you running any size sail, it would take a lot of stiffening. And if you can't go fast, I am not interested.

What stopped me was assembly and disassembly of the whole thing. I didn't really want to spend an hour setting it up and then a similar amount of time to break it down. I haven't given up, just put the idea on hold for now.

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Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs?
Robert Terry -- 8/23/2013, 9:07 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/23/2013, 9:18 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/23/2013, 12:51 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/23/2013, 12:55 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/23/2013, 5:49 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/23/2013, 7:45 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/23/2013, 8:35 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2013, 7:57 am
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Thor -- 8/24/2013, 10:49 am
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Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2013, 5:20 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/24/2013, 6:51 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/24/2013, 11:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2013, 11:05 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/24/2013, 11:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/25/2013, 2:05 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/24/2013, 12:40 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/24/2013, 1:47 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/24/2013, 6:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/25/2013, 2:09 am