My Scantlings
Engineering Scantlings
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I have given good reviews to the engineering in unreadable engineering
books.
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I have given good reviews with reservations to scantlings for large
wood
strip boats in various books.
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I have given poor reviews to scantlings for canoes and kayaks in all
wood
strip canoe and kayak building books.
I now offer a booklet of my engineering scantlings for sale:
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about 38 8-1/2"x11" pages.
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Design rules for wood core / cloth epoxy face construction valid
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for displacements from 100 pounds to 600 pounds,
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for when you can overpower the wind and water and for when you cannot,
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for E-glass, S-glass, carbon, and Kevlar 49 fibers in plain and satin
cloth,
and
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for hulls, decks, bulkheads, coamings, seams, and paddles.
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Engineering analysis.
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Strength Optimals.
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No building techniques.
Cash or a check for $40 sent by US mail to the address at the bottom
will
get you a copy of my engineering scantlings sent by mail. US orders
only.
Power Scantling
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I have given poor reviews to software that computes drag on boat hulls.
I now offer a booklet of my power scantlings for sale:
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about 18 8-1/2"x11" pages.
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Design rules for hulls based on power output
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for touring and racing
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for displacements from 100 pounds to 600 pounds.
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Engineering analysis.
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Excel spreadsheet that does power computations
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Formula for one of the most efficient hulls if not the most efficient.
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in a comparison to 64 production hulls our racing hull finished first.
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in the same comparison our touring hull finished first among the
touring
hulls and in the top 10 overall.
Cash or a check for $25 sent by US mail to the address at the bottom
will
get you a copy of my power scantlings sent by mail. US orders only.
Address at the Bottom
George Roberts
OpenWater Kayaks L.L.C.
PO Box 1898
Broken Arrow, OK 74013-1898
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