Talk to sailcloth manufacturer's like dimension or bainbridge. They are not affiliated with any sailmaker but provide most well known lofts with...
Check out RhinoCam. www.rhinocam.com, it is a decent program based on the Visual Mill program. Cost is average for such software, 1000US$ or so....
I'm pretty sure it's 600mm. You should double check that in the standard, my memory fades from time to time. Cheers
I think the 63 series is a good section for a keel fin. The 65 series also works. These sections have realitively low attack angles but don't...
Get yourself a copy of Principles of Yacht Design. They have a whole chapter on rig design. If you are an engineering student you will be able...
You may want to consider adding a chine and have a slight vee bottom. I just know that flat bottoms are terrible at slamming in waves. It...
IMS really started in the early 90's. Early IMS boats like the FARR 44 Gaucho, Nelson/Marek 46 Collaboration, N/M 40 Sensation, Tripp 50 Falcon...
I have an older version of the rules somewhere on my machine. When I find it I will send it to you. Good to see some sailors designing sailboats...
Let's compare apples to apples here. Sailing tris are completely different then power tris in what they are trying to acheive. First, any...
I always transfer the surface using iges format and seem to get good results. Rhino does not do trimmed nurbs. All info about the surface is...
I find Rhino very hard to fair a hull surface. Programs like maxsurf and Autoship are much better suited for this. I would say if your contour...
Get the bonus tools. There is a command call extrude curve normal to surface. I suspect this is the command your looking for. Also, you could...
I hope someone out there can help me. If you import a surface into Maxsurf can you manipulate it? I have a iges surface that I want to fair in...
Thanks for your reply Oyvind. I hope you don't mind me posting your design. I was just very intrigued by your design along with other designs...
I have just purchased a boat that has some deep scratches I would like to fix. It is a laser and it has the usual nics and scrapes along the...
This was a hard question to answer when I was first looking for work. What I did was look at what averages a new graduate engineer is making and...
Some pics of other reverse bow concepts would be nice. I like the look but question the performance. In many cases would it not be easier to go...
I was just wondering what people think of the reverse bow. Seems like a regression back to pre WWII gun boats and such. I would also imagine...
I am looking for a linespan for the Flying Dutchman sailing dinghy. I figure the boat has been around long enough that some copies should be...
For me it has to be the Merlin Rocket. Interesting boat with lots of design variation. Can you say doing it with flare.... Also the Flying...
