arkanoid, I don't have any idea how to make a self-healing hull. One solution could be to fill the volumes needed for boyancy with foam; a few...
I've never understood the need to armour all of the boat. Just protect the personnel and essential technical systems, which should be located in a...
Don't worry. It's now year 4707 in the Chinese calendar. The world didn't end by 2012. If you go by the islamic claendar it's only 1431 which...
I had to revisit the basic size requirements again. The height restriction given by a standard shipping container door is about 2.2m. For a...
I don't understand what type of fuel the fuel cell need. In one place natural gas is mentioned, and there's a 1/2" pipe interface for the gas. Can...
Fcfc, I appreciate the "lecture" you provide on diesel engine data. There's always something more to learn. Data for outboards are more...
Fcfc, The figure 270g/kWh (or 0,3 liter/kWh) is a typical figure for small inboard Vetus diesel engines, a company which provide data on fuel...
So if we choose a small diesel it will burn 270 g/kWh, which is the same as 0.3 liter/kWh at a diesel density of 0.9 kg/liter. Test data for a...
I understand that there are doubts about the availability of small marine diesels. From what I've seen there are plenty of them. I enclose data...
Regarding budget, I’m not setting a fixed budget first and then buy/build the best boat I can for the money. I already have a boat and don’t...
A week of travelling has started again, so I've not had time to read all new posts thoroughly. I'lö do that. I'm not trying to represent an...
I don’t agree that we’re working without a statement of requirements. The topic of the thread is also the draft statement of the requirements:...
Rick, I really appreciate the effort you are putting into this, and have absolutely no reservations about the stabilized monohull. To the...
Issues restraining boat length in Sweden Thank you Rick, My conclusion is that 3 ton displacement still should meet the 12/12 requirement if the...
Rick, I think 2 tons could be too light, at least for what I guess is the weight penalty of my own comfort requirements (or wish-list). It would...
It took me some time, some rereading of previous posts and enclosed documents plus some thinking, but now I see the point with an Et graph plotted...
I need to read through Dean Schleicher's paper a few more times to understand the proper use of Transport Efficiency, Et. My somewhat flawed...
FF, I've searched the net best as I can to understand what a Maurice Griffits style center board is, without success. How is it different from a...
I agree with Tom that none of these transport efficiency equations is very useful. They do not evaluate the efficiency to transport the payload. A...
I still don't see why a long narrow displacement hull wouldn't fit the bill, a faux tri, stabilised displacement hull or whatever they may be...
