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Thread 'Twin I/O to Twin Outboard Conversion Project'

Thread 'Twin I/O to Twin Outboard Conversion Project'

Greetings . . . After much consideration I have decided to do a conversion of my Twin Inboard/Outboard (Mercruiser sterndrive) powered boat to Twin Outboard power. It is a Cruisers Yacht (CY) 338 Mid-cabin Bowrider (33' LOA, 10' 10" beam, 11,000lbs. Dry weight, twin 350 HP sterndrives) In a prior thread, I considered adding Transom Pods to address some planing issues, and more lately I have also become tired of the maintenance of the sterndrives. Thus, I am now on the track of an...
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Thread 'Multihull Structure Thoughts'

Thread 'Multihull Structure Thoughts'

Hi Over the years I have seen a lot of multihull designed and built and have regretted that some really good ideas were not more widely known that could make building a boat faster and lighter. Gary Baigant is really innovative with the structure of his tris. In the past other designers such as Lex Nicol built some very innovative designs. So I will start this thread off with a description of Devils 3 a 36 x 24.5 ft racer/cruiser tri with 900 sq ft of sail that weighed at launch 3800 lbs...
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Thread 'Marine Design Software for Hull Modeling'

Continued as a tradition from http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/design-software/marine-design-software-hull-modeling-2015-a-52301.html Which hull modeling programs do you use as your primary hull design software? Autoship (Autoship Systems Corporation) AVEVA Marine DefCar (DefCar Engineering) Delftship Fastship Free!Ship Plus HullCAO (HullCAO) HullForm (Blue Peter Marine Systems) (No longer under development, source available) MAAT Maxsurf (Formation Design Systems)...
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