Hello everybody!

[StefanoCaruso]

Hello, my name is Stefano, I work as a designer in Italy, mainly on motorboats but I like sailboats too.
I hope I will find interesting people to talk with into this forum, even if my english is not perfect.
Will post my design soon to know your opinion!

[Guillermo]

Hi, Stefano! Welcome to these forums.
I've seen your designs in your web page and found interesting "La barca sicura"
I would like to know if the built in unsinkability by means of closed foamed spaces, has been a bonus to sell the boat.
What kind of foam are you using? 30 kg/m3 seems to be an open cell one....
Also, May it arise a problem of water saturation of the foam with the ageing of the boat, so making the boat heavier?

[Wellydeckhand]

welcome aboard, gracia for the website link........... to your nice homepage

[StefanoCaruso]

Thanks, for guillermo: I agree with your dubts about my unsinkable boat, I recently made some stability checks and found it won't float up end if flooded.
But consider it was only a concept I made when I was a student! I won only a second prize in that contest, mainly because I didn't dig in stability problems.
Anyway, my goal was to design something "realistic", so I added safety features to an ordinary boat, but I won't apply this solution into a real boat, there are many problems overtaking the effective safety earned.