Jim in Halifax
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I'll bet she is quick, with that light, narrow, easily-driven hull. That she has only a 27 HP auxiliary is a clue. CF rig too. That is what we would have called a 'sleeper' back in the heyday of muscle cars...
Hard dinks, nesting dinks, and why we like them
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dreaming my life away...
Leo's high bidder flaked out so his sailing dinghy is still for sail.
https://olympic.craigslist.org/boa/d/nordland-gaff-rigged-sailing-dinghy/7398175878.html
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Russell Brown
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That thing's got it goin' on! I wonder how much it weighs. It looks museum quality and plenty of sail area. Love to know more about who built it and more about the laminate.
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Am I the only one who scrolls through these threads and always sees:
"Hard DRINKS.... and why we love them"?
"Hard DRINKS.... and why we love them"?
chester
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nope...i always see "hard dinks and why we love them" and think, "Airishiman...dude...you could have chosen better words".... :lol:
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Rasputin22
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It could be worse, when I first saw the title of this thread, I thought it said,
HARD TWINKS and why we love them!
When I realized what it really said I thought it was pretty funny until I Googled that phrase... Don't you dare!
I really must go see an optometrist.
HARD TWINKS and why we love them!
When I realized what it really said I thought it was pretty funny until I Googled that phrase... Don't you dare!
I really must go see an optometrist.
Russell Brown
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Dyslexics untie! As a true dyslexic, I can so relate, but I never saw the "hard drinks", which worries me now. Gonna now google hard twinks and see how much that messes me up.
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CapnK
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6hp on the back of a WB8 will get you 12+ knots. You need an extra long tiller extension, and to be positioned far enough forward that looking down and back you see the bow wave, while steering with a foot.
Note: the hull deforms at this speed and becomes concave forward of the transom, which is likewise deforming from the torque of too-many HP's, so I think this may be an upper limit.
TwoLegged
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Can we assume that you are in no way foolish enough to overpower a boat in such a dangerous way, and that this detailed info was learnt from an irresponsible friend?6hp on the back of a WB8 will get you 12+ knots. You need an extra long tiller extension, and to be positioned far enough forward that looking down and back you see the bow wave, while steering with a foot.
Note: the hull deforms at this speed and becomes concave forward of the transom, which is likewise deforming from the torque of too-many HP's, so I think this may be an upper limit.
CapnK
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The experiment was conducted under the auspices of DARPA*, and complete safety and health measures** were undertaken during the live phases on the water.Can we assume that you are in no way foolish enough to overpower a boat in such a dangerous way, and that this detailed info was learnt from an irresponsible friend?
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*Dinghy Advanced Research, Propulsion Alternatives.
** Beers.
TwoLegged
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Does anyone else think Leo's old dinghy looks a lot like the Hydrolite dinghy?
The rig is a bit different and there's a foredeck which isn't seen in the other pictures, but a lot of other details seem about right.
At any rate, the Hydrolite dinghy is an interesting boat. According to the old S&S blog: the drawings were done by S&S and 8 boats were built in 1940 by George Barnes of Skaneatles Boatworks who had formulated a new glue for laminated wood construction. They were built out of mahogany using an autoclave. Apparently his glue was later sold to the US Navy and used for building PT boats during the war. That bares some resemblance to Leo's lore about the boat being a test case for a new glue. Maybe the Spruce Goose was built using the same laminating techniques.
The boat in the pictures doesn't match the drawings. The rounded transom corners on the linesplan were omitted. The photos also show no CB trunk or rudder fittings, but perhaps some of the boats were built with those and some without.
LOA 8'0" and beam 3'11". Cool and unusual little boat.
Russell Brown
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What an absolute gem of a dinghy! Good name too; Hydrolight.
It would be a bit expensive to produce today.
It would be a bit expensive to produce today.
There were quite alot of dinghys produced this way in GB, among them the dinghys for the atalanta yachts (that also are hot molded)
https://atalantaowners.org/fairey-marine-tenders/
I think several of the more sport oriented Uffa Fox dinghys were also done this way. Certainly makes for a light dinghy.
https://atalantaowners.org/fairey-marine-tenders/
I think several of the more sport oriented Uffa Fox dinghys were also done this way. Certainly makes for a light dinghy.
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