Open Source Design project?

[newmeximan]

New member to the forum - lookng for a design to build.  There are features of the Dix mini, Lombard Zero, Pogo2, and Dingo that I like, but all would require MAJOR design revisions before construction.  None of the CNC kits would work for me either.  I stumbled upon the OSD site, looked at the initial design - and that might be the best starting place for me.

Anyone else still aboard the project?  I have an airplane hanger, server, and satellite ISP bandwidth to host the build.

Bueller?  Anyone?

Lee

[ctut]

What sort of mini are you looking to build? The boats you listed except for the Dix are series boats so are not boats that could be raced as a Series if not built by their registered builder.
What sort of design revisions are you anticipating?
Not trying to start any sort of flame war, just get a clearer picture of what you have in mind.

[newmeximan]

Thanks for the reply -

All of the mini's I listed can be built as a proto - as long as there is enough of a design alteration to respect the 'patent' of the design.  All of the production boats are layup's - but could be modified for a home built proto.

What attracted me to the OSYD project is that the final plans would be open source.  The last update to the site was almost 5 years ago.  The 'team' set a design parameter of final weight, listed the hull displacement curve, and a prismatic coefficient of 0.526.  Technology has moved ahead since then...

The downloads for the project can be found here:  http://www.zwakenberg.de/mini/downloads/downloads.html.

I want to build a mini that is fast, light, spacious - and takes advantage of new materials.  I live in the southern part of New Mexico, where the boat will be trailered to a nearby lake for testing.  Looking over Leo V's excellent website - I can see that trailering might also be an issue.  The draft on the Dix plans are 2 m., while most production boats are now 1.7 m.  Most of the production boats are also moving into a chine war, away from the radius chine.

This looked like a project that lost wind, and I wanted to see if there might be interest to get back to work on it.

Lee

[Sam Mini-Sailor.US]

Lee,

Did you look at the Lucas Mini CP? http://www.fr-lucas.com/cadreus.asp

Sam

[ctut]

I would think that the first big question is whether you are looking to build a potentially competitive Proto mini or build a boat that that is a mini but first and foremost is a nice boat. This is not to say the two options are mutually exclusive but the newer Protos are a very different animal than say a Pogo2 or what is outlined in the OSD pages. Design-wise the TransAt winner is fairly close to a P2 but with all carbon construction with a canting keel, canting and rotating wing mast, daggerboards and many other items. Speed wise, generally a modern Proto is between 5-10% faster than a Series boat, Franciso Lobato's results in Leg 1 of the TransAt notwithstanding.
Presently there is some talk within the Mini Class as to whether to have a third division which would be older protos and boats built to the Series rules but do not have the numbers sailing to be a series.
I think there's nothing wrong with either goal for a boat but that decision is a pretty critical one

[windswept]

   I am biulding a new design, mostlly my own with some design work by a nz designer.
  The hull has a chine ,is water ballast, is 9 ft beam but a powered up hull shape, was
originally going to be a sieries design but decided to go with a deeper lighter keel and
will also be going with a forte carbon spar.  The hull construction is cold molded bottom
a 1/2 rip sheet 2ft wide of 9mm ply for the topsides. Deck is a3-4mm ply inside 1/2inch
core and carbon/s glass outside. Keel is lifting, weight will be about 1800# with battery
and biult in foam under v berth and quarter berths.
    I have turned the hull over and finished interior bulkheads /framing, working on
deck now, should be in the water no later than sping 2011 .

[TomH]

   I am biulding a new design, mostlly my own with some design work by a nz designer.
  The hull has a chine ,is water ballast, is 9 ft beam but a powered up hull shape, was
originally going to be a sieries design but decided to go with a deeper lighter keel and
will also be going with a forte carbon spar.  The hull construction is cold molded bottom
a 1/2 rip sheet 2ft wide of 9mm ply for the topsides. Deck is a3-4mm ply inside 1/2inch
core and carbon/s glass outside. Keel is lifting, weight will be about 1800# with battery
and biult in foam under v berth and quarter berths.
    I have turned the hull over and finished interior bulkheads /framing, working on
deck now, should be in the water no later than sping 2011 .

Very interested in the design and construction method you're doing.
Would love to see your boat...where are you building?
Do you have pics online anywhere?
Thanks,