VPP's and wave drag...

[sorenfdk]

Originally Posted by dionysis

Grob, thanks to Sorenfdk, go here:

http://www.hiswasymposium.com/symposium_papers.asp

There is a wealth of good info, but scroll down to the 1998 symposium papers and download 6- Approximation of the hydrodynamic forces on a saili...

It is a large 13 Mb pdf file, so I cannot attach it here. I think it is exactly what you want.

Thanks Dionysis, but I think the thanks should go to the HISWA people for making these papers available.
Anyway, I think paper no. 3 from 1996 The Bare Hull Resistance of the Delft Systematic Yacht Hull Series is more likely to fill Grobs needs.

[dionysis]

Yes Soren, it is rare that such a good source of design information has been made publicly available.