Hi Chaps I am at the point of committing to a 3D system to take my Maxsurf models from surfaces, to being able to fully fit out the structure and...
Dear Mr Yagsi I had a lovely holiday in Turkey last year (Fethiya). People seem to be building boats everywhere in a tradional wooden style....
Hi Chaps An update from Ace Marine - we have been working in collaboration with Jordan Boats, and manufacturer of plywood kit boats. We are...
That is the most powerful stabiliser system I have ever seen. Usually stabilisers are sized to give the vessel a theoretical ability to have a...
Stabiliser systems are used on ships because it pays to use them. For cruise ships it means happy passengers spending money inthe shops and bars....
This old vessel is a 1919 castle class trawler. It was purchased by Arthur Guiness in 1920 and converted to a private yacht. In recent years she...
The yacht IO of Cowes required a stability book for operation under the MCA Code of Practice for Sailing Vessels. We obtained the lines from Swan,...
We worked with Unst Inshore Marine (Shetland) to design this 7.7m RIB with a patented robust hard plastic collar. The "Fluggaboat" has...
We took hull lines from this vessel at low water and performed an inclining on her, as well as measurements of her tanks, downflooding points etc....
The first build of a new breed of fast monohull ferry for the European Market (EU Class C). Twin water jet propulsion, 18 knots fully laden, (30...
Hi We have a tank model in our time domain simulator. I have added in a tank 1m long & full width of the vessel. results attached. The tank as...
Suggested Fin Sizes Dear Mike I have run an enquiry routine, and attach the results. We note the Block Coefficient appears very low so perhaps...
Dear Portager I spent 5 years in Brown Brothers working on fin, tank and rudder roll stabilisation. If you send me the outline parameters of...
Can I suggest the big brother of the Spirit 36, the Spirit 50, 50 passenger fast ferry. This is designed to EU class C standard. The Spirit 50 is...
Dear Ciaran I have to admit we sometimes take a screenshot of an Autocad Lines plan, as working with an image as a background can be a lot...
I would agree with the last contributer. Our Spirit 36 was not painted except below the waterline, and looked like a silver bullet. One option we...
Dear Sir Comments regarding getting the planning right are spot on. We are currently involved with development of our Spirit class 36 Passenger...
To all Forum Members It seems to me there are two needs. One is to rebuild the local fishing industries/tourism etc with boats which meet...
