Tua-Tua, spring projects
I don’t have that much time to spend on a blog post right now but figured I’d give a...
Tag: design
The Gary Underwood story – Under the radar
The Boating New Zealand magazine published an article back in September 2019 about Gary Underwood, the designer of Shoestring...
I may have found what I’ve been looking for
In my last post I mentioned that I haven’t found any production boats in the max 36-37 ft range...
Now this is a cozy barebones interior
I can only assume it’s Tamata as he never made it to Polynesia with neither Marie-Thérèse nor Marie-Thérèse II...
Nose design, initial sketches
How to construct this part of the project has been somewhat unclear to me since I started, even if...
Sail plan for the soft wing sail, initial sketch
Just started putting more focus on the actual sail plan. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far. There...
Hinge design
Instead of just endlessly editing the post on wingsails, I thought I’d write up separate posts to document my...