Going from Kayak Design to Yacht Design

[6ix]

Cool!! I'm really excited now! I just need to get this bike design done first then I'll start tackling my first yacht design. As mentioned earlier, I love the designs created by Wally. Are there other extremely elite yacht companies out there that I should look to for inspiration?

[6ix]

One other thing in regards to the difference between engineering/naval architecture and design...in my opinion, engineering/NA have answers. There are equations that spit out definitive numbers. With proper design, there really is no answer. It's up to the designer to arrive at a reasonably attractive solution through proper methodology and in a timely manner, but no solution is the best answer. That rarely happens.

[dreamer]

Originally Posted by 6ix

Cool!! I'm really excited now! I just need to get this bike design done first then I'll start tackling my first yacht design. As mentioned earlier, I love the designs created by Wally. Are there other extremely elite yacht companies out there that I should look to for inspiration?

Wally is an acquired taste, I think. Personally not a fan. But, if you look around this site, you will come across some very radical designs. You may also want to try Designer Networking sites such as Coroflot.

[ancient kayaker]

Evan: I'm glad you are not giving up before you even started! Everyone needs a dream. Dreamers are the ones who leap-frog over plodding evolution. Good Luck!

There´s quite a lot of sheer marketing hype around Wally, and quite some flaws too. Do´nt be too focussed on just one company.

Regards
Richard

[Chris Ostlind]

Originally Posted by ancient kayaker

Evan: I'm glad you are not giving up before you even started! Everyone needs a dream. Dreamers are the ones who leap-frog over plodding evolution. Good Luck!

That's potentially true, Terry, but dreamers are also those guys who stick their fabulously innovative dicks in the mud and never get them removed during their lifetimes.

It's all about balance.

[Easy Rider]

I had an experience in college that was rather profound for me and it may be meaningful for some here. I took a course called "Design". There were some good minds in that class and we spent 110% of the first week producing a definition of the word design. Several days into this binge of discovering new ideas and then out of necessity discarding them we (at the end of the week) all agreed the the only completely acceptable definition of design was
"an organized solution to a problem". Most of our earlier definitions were rather lengthly. Anybody care to change that definition to include the element of art and beauty? Beauty is only in the eye of the beholder if he can see it and he can't see it unless he's seen it many times before.

Easy Rider

[dreamer]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

I had an experience in college that was rather profound for me and it may be meaningful for some here. I took a course called "Design". There were some good minds in that class and we spent 110% of the first week producing a definition of the word design. Several days into this binge of discovering new ideas and then out of necessity discarding them we (at the end of the week) all agreed the the only completely acceptable definition of design was
"an organized solution to a problem". Most of our earlier definitions were rather lengthly. Anybody care to change that definition to include the element of art and beauty? Beauty is only in the eye of the beholder if he can see it and he can't see it unless he's seen it many times before.

Easy Rider

I like your definition of 'design' as is. The rest is art and too subjective to qualify as 'design' (based on the above definition). A design can be 'ugly' and still be 'an organized solution to a problem'. Of course, if the 'problem' in this case is because the thing is so ugly only a mother could love it, then I guess that would not be a good 'design'.

[6ix]

I've reconsidered going into yacht design. Seems very interesting but I'm sooooo inexperienced that no matter how much I read and study, I'd never get to a point where booksmarts outweigh time on the water. Think I'll just stick with sporting goods!

[dreamer]

There are guys out there who've gone a lot farther with less 'design' experience than you have.

In any case, you gave it some good thought. Doesn't mean you have to scrap the whole idea. One of my favorite coffee table books we have here for the kids is about Castles. I'm pretty sure I'll never design one.

Fair winds.