free hull sizing information?

[magwas]

I am looking for free information on sizing the hull of a boat.
I know that there are standards like ISO 12215 about it, but I find it ridiculous to
- pay for information necessary to comply to regulations (actually I find it unconstitutional)
- pay more for information than the material bill for the boat itself.

So what are the other sources of information?

Alternatively I am willing to put up the standard text to torrent if I would somehow magically obtain it.

[Kay9]

Um, Im not an engineer.

But I would think the size of the hull would be based on the mission of the vessel. Not some ISO standard.

What is your vessels function?

K9

[sorenfdk]

Originally Posted by magwas

I am looking for free information on sizing the hull of a boat...
- pay more for information than the material bill for the boat itself.

1: What do you mean by "sizing"?

2: Where do you buy your materials?

[magwas]

Originally Posted by sorenfdk

1: What do you mean by "sizing"?

2: Where do you buy your materials?

Sizing is the process of choosing the size of various parts based on mechanical forces foreseen.

I buy materials in the next wood shop. You do not need much material for two stitch-and-glue kayaks, but you end up with a katamaran if you add some extra parts. Now that would need some sizing considerations, I feel.

[sorenfdk]

If you're building this boat for yourself, you don't need to comply to any regulations (unless you have some national regulations which I'm unaware of).

[Wayne Grabow]

"sizing the hull of a boat"

What you are referring to, I believe, in the US is called scantlings. Many people consider Dave Gerr's book to be an excellent source of information on this subject.

[magwas]

I have found the following freely available scantling informations so far:
ABS rules (see pub 37 for yachts)


Germanischer Loyd rules.
If you cannot reach directly the chapters from the table of contents, prepend
http://www.gl-group.com/infoServices.../pdfs/english/
to the links.
If you cannot follow the link from the chapter's table of content, use abschnNN.pdf
for sections, and anhangX.pdf for annexes, where NN is the number of chapter, and X is the letter of the annex in small.
For example chapter 1 of I-3-3:
http://www.gl-group.com/infoServices...h/abschn01.pdf