"Boat building, a great way to live, but a terrible way to make a living." -Mac Mcarthy (Author of rip strip and row, long time boat builder,...
Thanks. Also found http://www.tedbrewer.com/yachtdesign.html which illuminated some concepts that I didn't really understand. S
general coefficients of form I think Larson and Elliason give .54 as a reasonable, general starting Cp for a monohull. I was wondering if there...
Can someone provide me with a starting place for designing catamaran and trimaran hulls as far as Cp and LCB? Also the displacement distribution...
concept sketch
Concept sketch.
seems to have been sorted by setting surface normal direction.. sh
Having a bit of difficulty getting rhinomarine to produce a prismatic coefficient. I have sections set up for the model, so thats not it. The...
Can anyone reccomend any books or papers on designing multi-hulls? SH
Being the guy in boat school interested in designs like Trekka (John Guzzwells 20 footer) and mini transats and whatnot, I repeatedly heard about...
Does anyone know of a place to _buy_ antimonious lead for keel bulbs? (emphasis on buy, rather than scrap metal like tire weights.) Would also...
blender Someone mentioned blender - thats kind of interesting... it was originally designed for use by the neo-geo game console manufacturers,...
Hi Everyone, I have a small shop space here in Philadelphia, about 16' long by as much wide, though with a pillar in the middle. In years past...
How are high aspect fin keels typically attached to the boat? Is there some sort of trunk that they slot into? (non canting) sh
I have a table of offsets in front of me that lists heights as "from cwl to outside planking" What the heck is cwl? A search of the forums...
Your comment that she "seems a little light," is the major issue for me. The other points will be addressed in the 'design basis statement' which...
Do these particulars, other than the loa/lwl of 1, look way off spec? This is for an internal ballast type sailing yacht, meaning no ballast...
Ok, perhaps some specifics will spark a discussion on this topic: The boat I am designing is of the french "deriveur integral" type, or...
