Send me your email address. Mine is dolcottDELETETHISSTUFF@adamaircraft.com.
Pointy bows do better running into waves....which airplane wings don't encounter except maybe once.
A friend of mine works at a "major" boat manufacturer...he says the engineers refer to Savitsky as "Noah". Pretty good company if you ask me.
Bito/Ike: I did contact Dr. Savitsky and he kindly responded to my email. He sent me a copy of the 1964 paper and hopefully I'll get a copy of...
I got a copy of Blount-Fox. How long is the 1964 Savitsky paper? Where are you located? Would it be too much trouble to mail a copy? I...
I've been borrowing books/papers through inter-library loan - generally working pretty well. I just got Faltinsen's book on a loan - exactly what...
Tad: Thanks for the book review! Do chapters 3 and 9 include the actual equations to complete the resistance and trim calculations including...
Tad, Guillermo, Gary: Thanks for your comments. I'm anxious to hear what you find out, especially about the new Faltinson book. I do have...
Has anyone read or have either of the following books: Naval Architecture of Planing Hulls by Lord Design of High Speed Boats: Planing...
If anyone happens to have the following articles, I would appreciate an email. "Hydrodynamic Design of Planing Hulls," Daniel Savitsky,...