Can someone provide me with a starting place for designing catamaran and trimaran hulls as far as Cp and LCB? Also the displacement distribution...
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...
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...
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...
A bit stuck on this one, let me see if I can describe the scenario: A parametric study of boats of the type that I am designing indicate a DLR...
Recently read a book from the 70's on foam coar boatbuilding where the authors built a really large cat outside. Any comments on the idea of...
Found two interesting articles on the web about making composite keels. Really, a means for home builders to avoid castings and make up a keel...
Does anyone have any information (links, sketches, photos, description in words) of the lifting mechanism on keels ala the beneteau model?...
[IMG] I am wondering about the nature of existence.. no, thats not it.. oh yes, the combination of a deck mounted boom and one of these very...
It is my understanding, and perhaps faulty, that ACX grade plywood uses a waterproof glue. The chief differences between this grade and marine...
Hello all, It seems that many people have questions about various yacht design programs. I am currently a student at The Landing School,...
I noticed that autocad has removed the "student portfolio" blah from their student priced software in the new model. Some questions: Does...