IGES format has worked for me.
A lot of designers use a VPP to compare design against performance goals. They can compare against other known designs to see how it compares....
The HISWA Symposium in 2000 had a paper by Keuining titled "The Influence of the Bowshape on the performance of a sailing yacht" had a resistance...
Csv The CSV was a regression analysis using lots of production and one off boats. The USYRU (now USSailing) Safety at Sea Committe, led by...
Elements of boat strength The only place I've seen that has any recommendations on tabbing is in Dave Gerr's book "The Elements of Boat...
Okay, here's a thought Flying self-tacking track http://www.well.com/user/pk/TZselftack.html You probably want to put some padding between...
Where located? Are you based out of Shekou? If so, about a mile north of the ferry terminal there is a set of apartment buildings called Coastal...
You couldn't go wrong with a Vertue. I have a soft spot for the Cape George 31 (www.capegeorgecutters.com). There were a couple on yachtworld...
Geez Paul, if you make your boat any easier to sail you'll have nothing to do :p So in the vein of actually helping, can you rig up some hi...
Actually I don't think it's that big a deal. When you consider the stiffness of the boat, the hull shell contributes far more stiffness to the...
There was a nice followup paper published at the HISWA Symposium that took the information a little further. There's enough math here to make...
I'm curious, does the ISO structural standard have a grounding requirement for keels? I know ABS does (1.5 - 3 x the displacement applied...
Find a copy of Freeship You should find a copy of Freeship, version 2.6 (it's freeware). That will make the hull and hydrostatics much easier...
Yes, it's possible Most of the Valiant 40's were done this way. These boats had a single spreader rig with an intermediate backstay that...
Chris, how are we going to make progress if you keep citing data and facts in the face of anecdotes? Oh, and :)
The ABS rule does specify a minimum skin weight, which varies depending on the material chosen. Interestingly it also includes some requirements...
Tacking Model Is this what you're looking for? As an added bonus it has all they funny math symbols and stuff :)
GP26 price A guy in the San Francisco area is building one, says it would probably go $US120k plus sails:...
Herreshoff? I thought the sea pearl was based on LF Herreshoff's Carpenter design. You can find the plans in his "Sensible Cruising Designs"...
I have a few questions on Kort nozzles. 1) Is there a rule of thumb for tip clearance? 2) Do the prop tips have to be squared off? 2b) If...
