permanent stress: yes this is what i was thinking - that my primitive analysis via "pivot point" could act as a first aproximation for the scale...
Definitely there is a lot more to this than the simple calculations ive listed! Im not planning to replace the keel any time soon as im already...
If i was to have a custom fin and bulb keel with all of the ballast in a bulb and no reduction in draft - how much weight can i leave on the dock?...
some more calculations: correcting previous; RM of 379.7 gives GZ of 0.036m so this is unlikely to be at 10 degrees of heel - missed a zero in...
ok, ive read most of the stuff in the web link guillermo posted - its taken a few days for it to sink in but i think ive got a grasp of the...
chris, i think that very much depends on if you are doing this on a professional basis or not. if not then the beer drinking stage may come...
what about the tanks, do you calculate with tankage full or empty?
thanks for clearing up my basic misunderstanding and for replacing it with a more complex one!! the web link looks promising and i might read it,...
guillermo, thanks for the reply which has clarified some things and made others less clear - to me at least. i see that RM is specific to a...
i have learned that the righting moment is 380 kg/m via email.. what does this mean and more specificaly can i use it to figure out how much...
omeron, i think your suggestion is probably very practical and allows for as many different ballasting solutions as you have the energy to...
no, i am simply day dreaming of a way to extend the beam on the waterline in the aft end of my old yacht.
ok so there is no free lunch with this idea.. it would be nice to be cunning in devising a place for my tanks but i think they are simply going...
more pics the first is of the interior looking aft from just in front of the companionway and the second is a pic of the interior arrangement...
alan, im starting to appreciate the advice given in the thread ive linked to here with my first post - to keep the weight lower and restrict it...
lovely looking boats and a fantastic machine. how dense is the foam you mill, is it closed cell or open ie will it soak up water?
k9, i wish i was a naval architect (perhaps one who was wealthy and succesfull with an office of juniours) to say whats what and whats not, so i...
k9, 1200 litres total which is 600 litres per side when the boat is not heeled. when heeled it will all be put to the high side. baffled tanks...
i am refitting an IOR 50' to cruise from the USA to NZ and in the process i need to add tankage. the thought has occured to me to add about 1200...
fred, this engine project gets more expensive by the minute!! i did come across the boatdiesel website and have gone as far as becoming a user...
