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Re: Shop: widest part of the boat *LINK*
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 8/8/2008, 1:56 pm
In Response To: Shop: widest part of the boat (PatrickC)

: Any opinions on where the widest part of the beam should be located?

: I looked at a top down picture of an NDK explorer and it appears to be widest
: where the front of the coaming is.

You might be interested in some of John Winters' writings on the subject. He just had a book on design come out, but here's a link to some of his technical articles.

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Shop: widest part of the boat
PatrickC -- 8/7/2008, 10:37 pm
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
Bill Hamm -- 8/9/2008, 1:45 am
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
PatrickC -- 8/9/2008, 10:15 am
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat *LINK*
Mike Bielski -- 8/8/2008, 1:56 pm
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
PatrickC -- 8/8/2008, 7:02 pm
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
JohnK -- 8/7/2008, 11:28 pm
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
PatrickC -- 8/8/2008, 9:18 am
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
JohnK -- 8/8/2008, 7:04 pm
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
PatrickC -- 8/8/2008, 10:48 pm
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
Bill Hamm -- 8/8/2008, 12:32 am
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
PatrickC -- 8/8/2008, 9:15 am
Re: Shop: widest part of the boat
Bill Hamm -- 8/8/2008, 9:20 am