Polarity
03-16-2002, 02:40 PM
Hi all
With the blessing of our “forum master” I would like to propose a new and hopefully interesting focus for the many and varied talents in this community (yes, this means you!).
It occurs to me that at one stage or another we have seen posts from designers, architects (naval and otherwise), mechanics, sailors, racers, boat builders, luxury yacht, talented students, materials experts, general enthusiasts, DIY’ers and yacht engineers to name but a few. Since we have all this talent in one place why not lets put it to some use and …design a boat?
This is an idea of how it could work (until it gets changed based on results and experience!) All decisions, starting with the absolute basics (what type of boat!), could be made with a thread/poll that will run for a week or so (maybe varied depending on the importance of the decision and/or volume of input, season etc)
As an example –
"If the members of this forum were to collectively design a boat should it be :
sail/racing,
sail/cruising
sail/commercial
power/racing
power/cruising
power/commercial
and why...
then we go down to the next level based on the results, also the next level could contain a poll of any questions raised in the responses. Also a general question can be floated and later a poll taken on the most popular suggestion. Someone (the poor FM no doubt) will keep track of where we have got to and what is going on..
Guidelines
I would suggest we make decisions roughly in the following order:
Basic type and Application for example :- a sailboat for racing
More details : e.g. round the world or round the cans?, single handed or crewed? (we could even invent our own race…)
Then once we have the application nailed down we can go on with:
Specification
How many hulls
How big (why, what regulatory body/class rules if any)
Displacement
What rig
What keel
What hull shape (and all the design numbers)
What material
… and so on
Radical suggestions are of course welcome!
As we get further along decisions that do not rely on each other can be run simultaneously (e.g. what hull coating depends on the build material but what nav system does not – but it might depend on the length and certainly on the application ..)
Everyone can (and should!) post polls, suggestions and votes – but please don’t jump the gun with specifics(e.g. what type of prop.) before the application (will she have an engine and if so how many?) poll has closed, otherwise it will all get very confusing! At the same time you don't forget to put a closing date on your poll.
Who knows, when we have decided the colour of the last bolt in the wishbone-gaff, schooner rigged, long keeled, 100ft trimaran for a two handed race to Antarctica… maybe some of the designers could draw it!
I have taken the liberty of posting the first set of choices – please vote, lobby and discuss under the poll thread. Responses, questions and ideas for running this monster here: ---
Cheers
Paul
With the blessing of our “forum master” I would like to propose a new and hopefully interesting focus for the many and varied talents in this community (yes, this means you!).
It occurs to me that at one stage or another we have seen posts from designers, architects (naval and otherwise), mechanics, sailors, racers, boat builders, luxury yacht, talented students, materials experts, general enthusiasts, DIY’ers and yacht engineers to name but a few. Since we have all this talent in one place why not lets put it to some use and …design a boat?
This is an idea of how it could work (until it gets changed based on results and experience!) All decisions, starting with the absolute basics (what type of boat!), could be made with a thread/poll that will run for a week or so (maybe varied depending on the importance of the decision and/or volume of input, season etc)
As an example –
"If the members of this forum were to collectively design a boat should it be :
sail/racing,
sail/cruising
sail/commercial
power/racing
power/cruising
power/commercial
and why...
then we go down to the next level based on the results, also the next level could contain a poll of any questions raised in the responses. Also a general question can be floated and later a poll taken on the most popular suggestion. Someone (the poor FM no doubt) will keep track of where we have got to and what is going on..
Guidelines
I would suggest we make decisions roughly in the following order:
Basic type and Application for example :- a sailboat for racing
More details : e.g. round the world or round the cans?, single handed or crewed? (we could even invent our own race…)
Then once we have the application nailed down we can go on with:
Specification
How many hulls
How big (why, what regulatory body/class rules if any)
Displacement
What rig
What keel
What hull shape (and all the design numbers)
What material
… and so on
Radical suggestions are of course welcome!
As we get further along decisions that do not rely on each other can be run simultaneously (e.g. what hull coating depends on the build material but what nav system does not – but it might depend on the length and certainly on the application ..)
Everyone can (and should!) post polls, suggestions and votes – but please don’t jump the gun with specifics(e.g. what type of prop.) before the application (will she have an engine and if so how many?) poll has closed, otherwise it will all get very confusing! At the same time you don't forget to put a closing date on your poll.
Who knows, when we have decided the colour of the last bolt in the wishbone-gaff, schooner rigged, long keeled, 100ft trimaran for a two handed race to Antarctica… maybe some of the designers could draw it!
I have taken the liberty of posting the first set of choices – please vote, lobby and discuss under the poll thread. Responses, questions and ideas for running this monster here: ---
Cheers
Paul