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...
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...
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...
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...
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?
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...
Hey all When designing a composite layup (after calculating pressures etc and designing the layup accordingly); what safety factor should one...
Hey gents I'm looking for the 1985 Savitsky paper "Planing Craft" published in the Naval Engineers Journal Please please please if anyone has a...
Hey all!!! In our design office we use RHINO for initial design (hull & super structure surfaces and frames). From there we use Solid works for...
Does anyone have an instalation manual for a CAT C-18, I would greatly appreciate it as I need it for a design!!!
For those interested in real important matters, like the weekend’s rugby; I’d like to hear what some of the English has to say about their...
Hey all I'm busy working on a design project that is going to require some model testing. As the towing tank we normally use can't go fast enough...