Now that is an interesting idea. The largest cruise ship classes now have two superstructures, each with a beam of about 24m, one to starboard...
Apologies if this question is terribly elementary. I think I understand but would like a sanity check. Consider two hulls of equal length with...
Sure, since the revelations about requirements, it is my opinion that accommodating 30 persons within 24 meters LOA is best accomplished in a...
I'm under the impression that Richard Woods has expressed disinterest in designing large trimarans. Please accept my apologies if I'm wrong on...
I suggest you send 100K € to Nigel Irens with a statement of requirements. He'll give you an excellent design meeting your stated requirements...
Even with a catamaran, lots of accommodation and excellent sailing performance are mutually exclusive, though to a less severe extent than with a...
A custom 24m trimaran (with so much accommodation that the question of putting accommodation in the amas would even arise) is probably going to...
eiasu, I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all answer to your question. Start with your budget and how much space you need or want. Then...
That's a Neel 45 in charter configuration. I think the berths in the amas are meant to be used only at anchor.
No, I don't. The greater the beam, given typical 3rd generation trimaran geometry, the greater the vertical distance the amas will move during a...
With a beam of 14-17 meters, I would not be worried so much about comfort as about necks and skulls fracturing as people are thrown violently...
eiasu, how much beam do have in mind? How far would the amas move up and down during change of tack?
I would like to thank everyone for the abundance of good information. Most of the Shuttleworth articles I could find are from 25-30 years ago, so...
Is my understanding correct that 100% buoyancy, in the context of a trimaran, is defined as buoyancy equal to the weight of the whole boat (vaka,...
The vaka is always the pivot -- unless the vaka is flying, which is normally something to be avoided. If the vaka is flying, then the pivot is an...
I'm not a naval architect either, but I did study some physics. Any redistribution of weight that does not move the center of mass cannot change...
Assuming a symmetric port/starboard weight distribution, I think that effect would be exactly balanced by the equal and opposite effect on the...
I had in mind something like a Dragonfly with only trampolines, cables, and the akas connecting the amas to the vaka. I should also have...
This is what my intuition says should happen when the polar moment of inertia is increased by moving weight from the vaka to the amas (while...
Thanks Richard Woods, but may I ask you to clarify? Do you mean that moving weight from the vaka to the amas increases the tendency of a trimaran...
