godzilla returns Leo, I am glad to hear from you as it is your work with GODZILLA which had originally hooked me into designing an efficient...
Still dreaming... Wow, it’s been almost 10 years since I began the electric boat design thread. The boat has still not yet been built but... I am...
The software question I see another post in the software section of this design forum has the same question I asked about developable surfaces......
Solid Works 3D As I posted ealier, I have been playing with Solid Works. I mange to loft the under water surface of the hulls as shown below. I...
Sticth and Glue I recently went to a seminar on stitch and glue construction. It was presented by Chesapeake Light Craft company in Annapolis MD....
Stephen I did run the the program with the same displacement. The tri hull has 26% more surface area in the hulls than the di hull. If I use the...
Tri Hull vs Di Hull After posting my reply to looch I decided to verify what I said was true. I have been running many variations of the hulls...
Design Speed vs BHP Another key design parameter is the design speed of the boat in the water. This parameter drastically affects the hull form....
Boat weight estimate In conceiving this design I have had to make some estimates and have been using some published equations. What I would like...
The boat in the photo is a DuffyCat18. I called the manufacturer and it is no longer in production. They do have one left for 18K. In addition to...
looch I have seen their pontoon boats. I have been doing quite at bit of internet seaching on pontoons, electric boats, small craft, RIB...
Okay, I am back... I have been going to some boat shows here in Baltimore. I looked at many boats, fiberglass and aluminum. All the boats in the...
What is the difference between longitudinal center of buoyancy LCB, and longitudinal center of floatation LCF?
In my pursuit of an electric boat for my reservoir fishing, I have been taking a two prong attack. One to design an efficient boat for all...
The bow in the image is pointing down in waterlines view, to the left if the profile view. The center hull is the top hull in the profile view....
Still looking for some constrution technique suggestions. I have attached an image of the design work in progress. What is shown is one of the...
Jeff, These reserviors are the drinking water supply for Baltimore and Washington D.C. They do not want people in the water at all, no swimming,...
After looking at some of the other threads, if I could find a catamaran like the one at http://www.prestige-boats.co.za/catamarans.htm , model...
Thanks for the replies. I have been searching the web recently for pontoons with a point on both ends. I have looked at the inflatable one and two...
I am intrested in displacement hulls for use with electric motors. I have been playing with multi hull designs for a four person fishing boat for...
