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The following links are to an informal group of people interested in yacht research and its dissemination. Most of these people do this for their hobby, or at college, and many are working alone, isolated from similar enthusiasts.

 

Membership is informal, and is open to anyone interested in any aspect of yacht research (note "research", not "racing"). Anyone who wishes to contribute relevant material is welcome to do so.

 

If you think that the link list looks a bit bare, then that means that there is SPACE FOR YOUR OWN ARTICLE, so please contribute one.  If you would like to contribute material to this page then please contact Fiona Sinclair on mailto:fsinc@globalnet.co.uk

 


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RELATED RESEARCH LINKS:

Note that inclusion in this group of links does not imply membership of any group or organisation.

Projects

Ansar, Anders: Homepages - Skate sailing in wings, Tactical compasses for racing sail boats, Picture library

 

Baff's Home Page Building a Wharram Tiki 21

 

Bblacksh: building Toad Hall, based on 1883 W. P. Stevens designed 18' cutter yawl

 

Beattie, Andrew: Kite flying, including the new Chevron traction kite article and lots of links to other kiting sites

 

Bell, John: Boatyard building log of Bolger Windsprint

 

Beng's homebuild Boatbuilding projects

 

Berger, Robert: building a Bolger Windsprint and 15' Cat Runabout

 

Bigras, Tony: 48' cruising catamaran Osram VII being built now for planned cruise from Vancouver to Fiji in 1999

 

Bolger, Phil: Common Sense Design's home page

 

BOOTIFUL: 60' catamaran built on windsurfing principles, designed as Speed Record contender.

 

Brown, Russell: proas KAURI and JZERO

 

Brummer, Mikko: JavaScript Spreadsheet for sail power calculations

 

Busenbarrick, David: the building of a 46.6' Crowther 150MKII catamaran, with photos at various stages

 

Carlson, Gregory: has built several Bolger boats (Pirogue, Sneakeasy, Brick) using his own hull design program, with photos

 

CH++- a project to develop a new single handed racing dinghy

 

Culnane, Doug: Investigations into aspects of the design of an Int. Moth

 

Culp, Dave: Speedsailing page, includes kite driven proas, photos and the texts of several conference papers and magazine articles

 

Decavitator: the fastest human powered hydrofoil around, the full details

 

Derby, Roger: building 34' dory

 

Dierking, Gary: Te Wa Micronesian proa

 

Dremsen:building the Gloucester Light Dory, an illustrated account

 

Dunlop, Paul: Bernard Smith's Amazing Sailboats

 

DynaYacht: canting ballast twin foil (CBTF) technology

 

Eisenstadt, Mike: building 15' daysailer Titmouse

 

ENSTA: record-breaking tri-foiler Techniques Avancees

 

Failla, Marco: Open Cat project

 

Fishwick, Simon: Has a 15' experimental proa

 

Flapfoil: Proteus the Penguin Boat, flipper propelled.

 

Foxxaero: the world's most radical boats designs

 

Gary's solo righting device for catamarans

 

George's Stitch & Glue Kayak Builder's Journal, Illustrated story of building a stitch and glue kayak, the author's first boatbuilding attempt

 

Gennette, Allan Bruce: Building a 44' Bruce Roberts steel ketch

 

GOALS: Global Online Adventure Learning Site

 

Gonneau, Daniel: homebuilt Bolger Long Micro

 

Goodey, Thomas: Has a photo of his 15 m catamaran, 'Dressed For Dinner', with details of its voyages

 

Great Cardboard Boat Regatta: including many events in many places

 

Griffin Family: Amateur Boatbuilding Page from Alaska

 

Gutsche, Gunter: includes a gravity-powered canting ballast keel system

 

Hellewell, Ken: Cruising in TOPAZ, with details of cruises and rebuilding

 

Henry, Scott: junk-rigged catamaran, Dragon Wings

 

Hepperle, Martin: Turbulators for drag reduction.

 

Hobbs, Robert: DynaWing, an asymmetric wingsail project.

 

Holtrop, John: boat designs, including a database of 800 monohulls.

 

Hord, Dave: preparing to sail to Bahamas single-handed, from scratch.

 

INNOVOILE: speed record contender

 

IOLA: Inventor's Online Associates - details of many projects

 

Jardine, Ray: Kayak Construction with Aerospace Composites for the Home Workshop

 

Karschulin, Othmar: multihull projects (in German)

 

Keiper, Dave: Sailing Hydrofoils, including Williwaw and Stormy Petrel

 

Kiteski World homepage

 

Kohnen, John: Six-Hour Canoe

 

Kruschandl, Nelson ocean going solar powered catamaran

 

Linderson, Torbjörn: Trinity Flyer, Swedish multihull champion

 

Locker, Phil: Foils - an accumulation of odds and sods on building dinghy foils

 

Magellan Challenge - around the world in a power boat in 2001. New participants still welcome

 

Margail, Jean: Self lifting catamaran from France

 

Martin, Andrew: Air flow around a crash helmet

 

Maston, Rick: Outriggers for canoes

 

Matthew: reproduction of John Cabot's ship which sailed from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1496

 

Morgan, Owen: yacht Naomi J - new site under development

 

Naslund, Sebastian: built yacht Arrandir (14') and crossed the Atlantic

 

NoIdea: an illustrated account of building a 57' ferro-cement ocean cruiser

 

Oman, John: attempted circumnavigation, halted by collision

 

O'Donnell, Craig: Cheap Pages, proas, sailing canoes, Chinese lugsails, plywood boats, odd sails from polytarp, strange boats, bamboo info, more

 

PARADOX: a trimaran for the disabled, by Andy Liddiard

 

Perry, John: club for experimental dinghy sailing in south east U.K.

 

Polynesian Catamaran Association: Wharram Cats admirers club

 

Profm: building a Wood Epoxy sailing canoe, with details of the sailing rig

 

Quinton, Bob: BOATEK wingsails

 

Rahders, Richard: PUMPKINSEED, from Santa Cruz Solar Racing Group, with lots of pictures

 

Rantilla, Ron: Front rowing oar system

 

RAVE: 16' hydrofoil trimaran, by WindRider of WindLine

 

Roberts, Graham: Land Sailing - Ohope Beach Sand Sailers

 

Roberts, Steve: Microship - a pedal/solar/sail micro-trimaran.

 

Refsnes, Arnulf: Two-man kite-powered catamaran

 

Roesler, Cory: Kiteski homepage

 

Ronin multihulls project: designing a 140' yacht to race around the world.

 

Sanderson, Simon: 60' catamaran built on windsurfing principles, designed as Speed Record contender.

 

Savineau, Cedric: Speed sailing

 

Siebert, Ben: SailingCats charter company & Pro Kennex Virtual Meeting Room

 

Stevenson's Experimental boats - including solar cat and electric hydrofoil

 

Thompson family's circumnavigation of the Pacific in 50' yacht Victoria

 

Trampofoil: human powered hydrofoil

 

Trans-Oceanic Rowing Expedition: Mick Bird's attempted first solo circumnavigation by rowing boat

 

Upton, Ken: Rotating kites - a sort of kite wind turbine

 

Vogtman, Lee: Condor 40 Trimaran

 

Wacker: futuristic multipurpose trimaran designed for home-building

 

Walker Wingsails homepage

 

Warren, Ted: Tiny Dancer, 21 foot proa

 

Wharram, James: Polynesian catamaran homepage

 

Whittaker, Giles: foil stabilised sail craft

 

Worsley, Peter: wind turbine boat

 

Yacht Design Website: projects from designers around the world

 

York, Anthony: Slender racing yachts project (from Strathclyde University)

 

Zockra: world speed record contender from France

 

Technical Services

 

Marine Satellite Communication consultant - Carl Sederquist

 

Naval Architect - Michael Hall

 

Tape-Ease Yacht Veneers

 

 

 

 

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