Quidnon

“A houseboat that sails”

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The final sketch

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A lot of little details got tweaked in the process of presenting the various aspects of this design and taking in all the suggestions that ...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Construction plan

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This will be the last post in this series. The design of QUIDNON is far enough along to start entering actual engineering drawings into C...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Electrical system

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The primary purpose of QUIDNON is to serve as a floating residence. As such, it has to provide all the usual services that normally involve ...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Rudder Linkage Rethink

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Jon from Virginia asked a really good question: What happens if one of the rudders gets hit sideways by something or other? Which part of th...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Steering linkage

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Because there are two rudders, and because they are angled out, to be maximally effective when the boat is heeled over, the steering lin...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Concrete Bottom Rethought

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I haven't studied concrete to any great extent—up until now. It is ubiquitous, and is one of the most ancient and well-understood constr...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Boats for post-cheap oil survival

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This is a guest post from Ian Swan. As some of you know, I have sold my shoreside residence, and for more than a year now I have been liv...
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