Hello, I need to design a carbon bowsprit for a gennaker. I didn't find on any book any formula for calculating the tack load. The only thing...
Hello, when I have to do composite structual calculations, usually I start from given mechanical properties of the laminas in order to obtain the...
Hello, I have a Farr 31 half tonner, and it suffers heavy weather helm, of course increasing with the wind speed. The rig is fractional 7/8 (even...
Hello, I'm looking for mechanical properties of titanium (elastic modulus, strenght, ecc.) Thanks Stefano
Hi, I have to design a carbon boom in place of an existing alluminum boom of a 24metres sloop. First of all, the sources of loads are: -clew...
hi, I'm looking for this Mercruiser sterndrive unit cad drawings, 3d or 2d. I wanted to ask directly to Mercruiser, but it looks tricky to get a...
Hi, I just re-designed a canting keel for a Mini, the bulb weighs about 230 kg, the fin is made of solid steel and weighs about 110 kg. I...
Hi, Do you think it's possible to get some existing mini's laminate schedule? I would like to compare it to what I got from the calculations;...
Hi, Supposing I have to design a deck hardware's backin plate, or a chainplate, how can I calculate pressure distribution? I know the force on...
Hi, I designed a boat that will be built one-off. I'm not much into this kind of construction, I know the procedure but I have some doubts about...
Hi, I would like to get some opinions from you on the scantlings I've obtained on this runabout, as you can see in this preliminar .dxf file,...
Hi, I'm dealing with a 7 metres runabout design. The boat will be equipped with a waterjet, and the jet unit has to stay entirely below the...
Hi, I'm dealing with a waterjet powered boat and I'm close to make power/speed prediction. But how can I take into count the "hole" of the jet...
Fresh graduated naval architect and marine engineer, seriously motivated, looking for a job in the Yacht industry, either design or survey...
Hi, I'm new in moldmaking, and I was wondering how a boat like this: http://www.cherubiniyachts.com/cc20-baltimore-demo-top-side.jpg...
Hi, I'm looking for the lines of the systematic series 62 for planing hulls, does anybody out there know where I can find it?
HI, I'm working on a new mini (in my free time), and would like to get some comments from this forum....
Hi I'm designing a Mini650, now I'm into the stability checks.. I checked the displacement with Rhino and it says it's 930 Kg, while Hydromax...
I've tried to build a finite element model of a mast that has to be changed. The actual mast is an Alluminium one, 7/8 with running backstays,...