new member intro

[rlackey]

Hello all!

I just want to take the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Rich Lackey, and I have been designing a 52m raised deck sailing yacht since 2000. I am self taught, and will soon be starting my studies with Westlawn. I work as a film editor full time, so this is kind of developing as a hobby / second career. This one design has been taking me so long just because I spend most of my time working, and my spare time with my head in a book trying to learn how to calculate hydrostatics, stability and loads on the hull.

This is revision 32 of the hull alone, and the hull and superstructure is now finally done, and finally meets the requirements I set myself in the design brief way back when I started as far as hydrostatics, stability and projected performance are concerned.

I joined to learn and to enjoy conversation with fellow designers. With your help, and plenty more time reading, I want to speed this process up a bit and get this design finished.

Here are some basic renderings of the hull and superstructure. I'm also building a scale model of the yacht as it progresses. Let me know what you think!

[Wynand N]

Hi rlackey,

Nice to have you

Jy is besig met groot boot vir 'n eerste maal.

[rlackey]

Hi! Thanks for the welcome!

My Afrikaans is pretty shaky, I'm from the U.S. but moved here in 2000, which is plenty of time and I have no excuse I know. My girlfriend/ soon to be fiance is also Afrikaans, which makes me even more embarassed that I still can't speak it well.

Where abouts are you in S.A.?

Rich