Hey dllcooper Did you ever try your idea of building from pallets? To the other smart boat builders out there; I came across this because I was...
Hey guys . I'm just wondering. Do any of you know why in Naval vessels, (generally) frame numbering is fore -aft, whereas commercial vessels are...
hey Ad Hoc i guess you're right, it's not as simple a question as i'm making it out to be. Thing is, i'm actually a class surveyor myself; but...
Firstly; ISO is an independent International Organisation for Standards. BV which you are referring to, is a class society, one of many (10 main...
So there are the ISO rules; there are the various classes (GL, DNV, LR, ABS, etc, etc); and then there are a couple of “un-official” scantling...
Here's a link to a discussion on savitskey, there is a very good spreadsheet on the post written by DINGO, I use it often and it works verry well!...
Actually I'm not in USA...but SA...so the chances of being shot are a LOT MORE! Nah, just kidding about the wife, she'll come along no prob, its...
Thanx for the advice gents!
Hey All I want to build a ply-sailing-cat. Most of the design work is done, now I just have to convince the wife it's safe to cook on a wooden...
Rob, I like the way you think! both about design and testing! How on earth do you get your boats so light? What are they fitted out with in terms...
sailing hull basics Thank you all for your replies, its exactly what I was looking for! I certainly believe (as daiquiri said) that experience is...
Hey all All my experience is in high speed hull design. Now I want to design my first sailing hull. More specifically, a sailing cat. Let me...
I don't have such a boat, I'm asking out of a design point. I've been involved in the design of a couple of high speed patrol boats with twin...
Hey all I was wondering, how do/can you counter or compensate for the side thrust from surface props on single drive installations? Surely if...
Where, other than from the ABYC, can one get a coppy of the ABYC standards manual?
Hey all What forces does a p-bracket have to be able to withstand? Is it only vibration in the shaft (from the prop)? that's all I can think of?
Thnx Redu
Sorry, kinda off the topick; I'm trying to use Michlet for the first time, are there any tutorials or anything avalable anywhere?
Hey all. For planing boats there are the Savitsky papers but what books/papers do you recomend for the design of displacement to semi-planing...
version 2.94+ I've tried downloading and installing version 2.94. when I try run the program I get this message: " this aplication has failed to...