tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post1311043024872853936..comments2024-02-27T11:15:46.473-06:00Comments on Quidnon: The Self-Sufficient HauloutDmitry Orlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-52896775851490869272018-03-22T03:51:38.124-06:002018-03-22T03:51:38.124-06:00FYI: donedealvi are a bunch of spammers.FYI: donedealvi are a bunch of spammers.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-17406305506067391402018-03-22T00:51:47.438-06:002018-03-22T00:51:47.438-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Terrance McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18246359913074874142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-62358824184844595702018-02-06T06:50:09.737-06:002018-02-06T06:50:09.737-06:00Stay away from CopyCat Upholstery, they are a bunc...Stay away from CopyCat Upholstery, they are a bunch of crooks.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-31001046898618025462018-02-06T05:06:44.588-06:002018-02-06T05:06:44.588-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.CopyCat Upholsteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116634884560410321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-46069496331754668472017-10-02T10:11:49.313-06:002017-10-02T10:11:49.313-06:00Each keelboard has two control lines: an uphaul an...Each keelboard has two control lines: an uphaul and a downhaul. The uphaul is on a cable winch and pulls the board up into the trunk. The downhaul is on a tension release cleat that keeps the board down against moving water but releases it when it hits an obstruction making a noise loud enough to wake up the person on watch.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-70854274961039454692017-10-02T09:44:41.128-06:002017-10-02T09:44:41.128-06:00Hi Dmitry thank you for your reply. :)
Sorry for ...Hi Dmitry thank you for your reply. :)<br /><br />Sorry for my ignorance, but how does the keelboards/ "centerboards" ("lateralboards" ;) move? <br /><br />They should be moved up and down manually or by a motor or by both? :?<br /><br />Thank you very much for your patience!Francisco Ortizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589602047669134674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-11479004621156812942017-09-21T07:26:01.366-06:002017-09-21T07:26:01.366-06:00Loving this concept. One of my neighbors found a l...Loving this concept. One of my neighbors found a loophole in the regulations to make his boathouse into a comfy cabin. So while most boathouses have earthen floors and a very basic construction, his boathouse has beds and a kitchen.<br /><br />Adding this Quidinon to his boathouse would be a perfect extensionUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11816312862251491357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-83529786610656291482017-08-30T00:14:36.035-06:002017-08-30T00:14:36.035-06:00I am not sure I understand the question. The keelb...I am not sure I understand the question. The keelboards (as we call them, since they are off-center and can't be called centerboards) are made up of a plywood sandwich screwed and epoxied together and sheathed in fiberglass, so they are plenty strong enough. The slots they move in are quite heavily reinforced. This is all based on an existing centerboard design that has lasted for a few decades and thousands of sea miles without any problem at all.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-45727232600723191642017-08-30T00:11:52.203-06:002017-08-30T00:11:52.203-06:00We'll have to see which approach works best an...We'll have to see which approach works best and becomes the most popular. To add to the list, there is also the possibility of digging a ramp into the dirt, waiting for winter weather to set in and for it to freeze, then dumping water over the ramp and letting it turn to ice. This would provide a relatively frictionless surface for moving the boat ashore.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-20425785895212444542017-08-29T18:33:58.808-06:002017-08-29T18:33:58.808-06:00Dmitry, guys... I don't understand why the hol...Dmitry, guys... I don't understand why the holes for the "frontal rudders" (<--is that the name?)" are so thin and quadrangular? Wouldn't this make it difficult to upkeep? What about the sea barnacles? Wouldn't it make a party over there? Why the holes are not trapezoidal and thicker? <br />I don't know the Quidinon's rudders appears fragile to me... <br />Thank you very much for your patience! Sorry for this silly questions! :)Francisco Ortizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589602047669134674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-24823595483130868852017-08-20T21:23:50.104-06:002017-08-20T21:23:50.104-06:00Dennis, this is an excellent idea! Thank you. We&#...Dennis, this is an excellent idea! Thank you. We'll work on that. (This, by the way, is what makes this blog so amazingly useful. Good ideas like this are worth the wait.)Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-14162287678484175012017-08-20T19:22:08.820-06:002017-08-20T19:22:08.820-06:00The logic then would be to have a chain or cable f...The logic then would be to have a chain or cable from the ballast, sitting on the bottom of the water up to a point in it's normal home so that you could winch yourself back into the water. Maybe one of those come-alongs for an endless cable. There must already be a strong point to lift the ballast back into it's home, might need modifying to handle the other angles Dennis Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525900170454935174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-27745752783311272972017-08-11T11:05:10.183-06:002017-08-11T11:05:10.183-06:00Good stuff! Happy to see this project coming along...Good stuff! Happy to see this project coming along!<br /><br />As always, I'm curious to see the log-rolling tried out. Wonder how it would trade off against lubricated skids (basically just the temporary tracks you describe). <br /><br />I imagine extra effort due to friction, but less log shuffling - those logs would be heavy to withstand the rails, no? <br /><br />As a point of reference, I've moved 3-ton marine dock frames this way on level ground (gravel), using dishsoap-lubricated 2x12's as rails and skids. Team of about a dozen average people, albeit with 6-foot pry-bars rather than a winch. It was real work. A chain hoist would've been nice, in retrospect.aaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536119721214682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-35550671738450884432017-08-10T09:02:02.300-06:002017-08-10T09:02:02.300-06:00Bring on the new age of cargo sail transport....Bring on the new age of cargo sail transport....Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320063715736110902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-51269976565217550392017-08-10T02:41:16.712-06:002017-08-10T02:41:16.712-06:00Sailboats whose only job is to go from one deep-wa...Sailboats whose only job is to go from one deep-water port to another engineless, where they are towed to and from dock, might as well be built with a generous full keel. Other than that, you are right.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-1778654378021471282017-08-09T16:43:19.255-06:002017-08-09T16:43:19.255-06:00Reuel Parker would have benefited having you write...Reuel Parker would have benefited having you write a forward for his sharpie book. This essay points out some key bennies of flat bottomed shoal draft very well. Hard to fathom how someone would want a keelboat (if given a choice) after sailing both types.Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320063715736110902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-48948385508130094322017-08-07T04:18:39.703-06:002017-08-07T04:18:39.703-06:00I suppose it would be possible to reverse the dire...I suppose it would be possible to reverse the direction of the anchor chain and run it to a roller on the transom, but currently there is no plan to do that. On the other hand, there should be no problem with launching the boat stern-first. It is the task of cranking it around to face the water that is entirely optional. In fact, since the solid ballast needs to be reattached before sailing off, launching it stern-first would make more sense.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-81730259053271143422017-08-07T04:16:35.596-06:002017-08-07T04:16:35.596-06:00Building a Quidnon from drawings would be a giant ...Building a Quidnon from drawings would be a giant step in the wrong direction. There is a huge benefit from milling out parts on an NC router. Of course, it is possible to cut them all out on a jigsaw, but why anyone would want to do that is beyond me. Whether you output the geometry to a paper printer or to an NC mill that cuts it into plywood, the process is largely the same, except that you can't build boats out of paper.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-16666395080425829192017-08-07T04:12:30.027-06:002017-08-07T04:12:30.027-06:00The reason I launched this project is precisely th...The reason I launched this project is precisely that boats of the sort I want simply do not exist. As Nassim Taleb pointed out, it took a few thousand years for people to add wheels to suitcases. There are numerous similar examples of obvious missing features in the world. On the other hand, there are plenty of things that shouldn't exist but do: flushing toilets using purified drinking water; caps with flat visors; circumcision. The world is a funny place, and getting funnier every minute.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-564808638293607792017-08-07T03:35:59.665-06:002017-08-07T03:35:59.665-06:00Hi Dmitry! I just came across Quidnon two days ago...Hi Dmitry! I just came across Quidnon two days ago and quickly binged on everything I could find about it. Absolutely fascinating concept!<br /><br />Why are there not more sailing scowsin the world today if they make such great live-a-board-boats with acceptable sailing characteristics?<br /><br />I am sure you have investigated the market quite extensively before starting to design Quidnon. Have you found anything remotely similar?<br /><br />Of course people often buy impractical things because they look cool in the store (full-suspension mountain bikes for grocery shopping and high maintenance sloop rigs and wheel steering for small singlehanded voyaging boats come to mind), but I would have expected to find at least *some* FRP sailing scows on the used boat market.Lorenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652351030222340879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-18363922273564716942017-08-06T14:37:38.692-06:002017-08-06T14:37:38.692-06:00Great concept! Looking forward to fruition of you...Great concept! Looking forward to fruition of your project and kits being made available to the public. Have you considered putting the drawings, parts and materials list, and basic construction techniques out there before the kits are available? This would afford you the benefit of; other prototypes that can be tested to identify potential construction and operational issues before final production of kits. For the record I am an industrial designer with experience in testing and evaluating ready to assemble kits including instructions among many other technical projects, in addition to being interested in building this boat with or for you. I am available and am willing to offer time and experience for this project. I submitted my email today for contact information. I currently live and reside in the mid-west with access to the great lakes and inland water ways. Looking forward to the prospect of working with your team and realizing this project! Mid-west sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093582765541789454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-85000586469948486652017-08-06T11:21:42.442-06:002017-08-06T11:21:42.442-06:00Dmitri,,,
Good explanation of more Quidnon positiv...Dmitri,,,<br />Good explanation of more Quidnon positive attributes and ways of utilizing them. I think I’d prefer the ‘pointy’ end facing the water/weather—as was originally intended when designed.<br />Why not back it up close to a ramp/beach, drop the ballast, raise the rudder blades, and using the same ballast purchase attachment point, run a line under the hull, over the rollers, and back to a shore anchoring point, using a winch/come-along/pulleys for moving power? The upper roller should be level, so that when high enough, a bottle jack, blocking and wedges would easily raise, level and support the seaward bow end. No boat spinning required for a speedy exit—just knock out the blocking and launch. Or pull in using the ballast as anchor. (Among many other tools, my Quidnon tool locker will contain jacks, come-alongs, pulleys, saws and an electric winch.) <br />What say you, Dmitry? Good thinking or not? <br />Has your sailboat sold yet? <br />Is the Quidnon project still on track? <br />Are you thinking about Patreon, a You–tube channel or other crowdfunding sources? (If you don’t, someone else will—I’d almost guarantee it.)<br />Best always to you, yours and the Quidnon wet dream I think many of us share. locojhon<br /><br /><br /><br />locojhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778383994316609450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-75168019715673460712017-08-05T12:52:34.485-06:002017-08-05T12:52:34.485-06:00You are right. Bronze angle it is.You are right. Bronze angle it is.Dmitry Orlovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381674543530177679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334230772332433270.post-8615840990830519332017-08-05T10:11:17.018-06:002017-08-05T10:11:17.018-06:00I see a problem with using galvanized angle iron f...I see a problem with using galvanized angle iron for rails. They would be in proximity to the more-noble copper bottom and sacrifice their zinc coating in rapid order.<br /><br />I don't suppose bronze angle iron is in the budget? Or, are the rails easily replaced?J4rh34dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759694044252710582noreply@blogger.com