Some good points, magnetic field news, and in the "not exactly billionaire cash flow" department...
So, here's a thought.
What if you were to adapt some of the newer boatbuilding techniques to a traditional sailboat types like a sharpie? You know, like the KSS method, constant camber, cylinder molding, and intelligent infusion?
Phil Bolger promoted the idea that the bottom of a sharpie and the hull sides should have the same arc and having built two sharpies designed in such a way I'd say he pretty much makes a good case.
Of course, that also means that if the bottom and side of a sharpie share the same arc building a flat panel mold is both simple and cheap allowing you to produce fair pre-shaped finished full size bottom and side panels in one go...
Think about that for just a moment of two.
Once you have the bottom and side panels you simply stitch and glue the pieces together along with the bulkheads just like a big frelling dinghy. The savings in time and money would be enormous. So much so that it would even make sense for a one-off builder but would really come to its full potential if you were able to get a half-dozen builders together in a co-op situation to share the costs of the mold and share labor in the building of the panels. An extra bonus is that going the co-op route would also bring down the cost of materials in a big way.
Anyway, like I said, it's worth thinking about...
Listening to Honey County
So it goes...
