Boat Design Forums

  1. Design

    1. Boat Design

      Discuss boat design concepts, projects, plans, reviews, resources, and general design topics.
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      Latest: Dream project: Converting a support vessel <300 GT into a long-range liveaboard expedition yacht Josef Brychta, Jul 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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    2. Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics

      Technical discussion on fluid dynamics: theory and analysis.
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      Latest: Keel Section Doug Halsey, Jul 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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    3. Stability

      Discuss stability issues and calculations, power and sail.
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      Latest: Rolly custom steel motorboat LeoKa, Jun 30, 2025
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    4. Class Societies

      Scantling Rules, updates and discussion on Society Classification: Lloyds, ABS, DNV, ISO ...
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      Latest: ABS m^2 – m^2 VS cm^4 yanivmass, May 11, 2025
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    5. Powerboats

      Discuss production and custom powerboats and powerboat design.
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      Latest: Cary Marine Cary DiCosta, Jun 23, 2025
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    6. Propulsion

      Discuss marine engines, drives, and propulsion systems.
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      1. Props

      2. Surface Drives

      3. Jet Drives

      4. Outboards

      5. Sterndrives

      6. Pod Drives

      7. Inboards

      8. Diesel Engines

      9. Gas Engines

      10. Electric Propulsion

      11. Hybrid

      12. DIY Marinizing

      Latest: Insight in diesel Luhrs 28 re-power Luh28, Jul 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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    7. Motorsailers

      Discuss monohull and multihull motorsailers and motorsailer design.
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      Latest: A Case for the small(er) Motorsailer Laminar Flow, Jul 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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    8. Sailboats

      Discuss monohull sailboat design, production and custom monohull sailboats.
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      Latest: sailboat bows CarlosK2, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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    9. Multihulls

      Discuss multi-hull sailboat design, production and custom sailing catamarans and trimarans.
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      Latest: Moana Outrigger Sailing Canoe skier, Jul 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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    10. OnBoard Electronics & Controls

      Discuss onboard mechanical, hydraulic, and electric control systems, monitoring, navigation, communication, systems integration and onboard computer systems.
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      Latest: SignalK Integrated modular system for boat automation. Rumars, Jun 10, 2025
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    11. Software

      Discuss marine design software: hull design, fairing, modeling, rendering, and CNC.
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      1. General Computing

      Latest: Trimaran planing hull ? montero, Jun 29, 2025
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  2. Collaboration

    1. Option One

      Collaborative design of a power cruiser: trailerable, 300 mile range, economical at cruise & displacement speeds.
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      Latest: Cool trailerable boat parkland, Jan 9, 2015
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    2. Projects & Proposals

      An open forum to generate ideas for collaborative design projects.
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      Latest: Electric Launch Design optimized for semi-displacement speeds gonzo, Jul 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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  3. Construction

    1. Boatbuilding

      Discuss boatbuilding projects, methods, plans & kits, ask questions, and share your experiences.
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      1. Fiberglass and Composite Boat Building

      2. Metal Boat Building

      3. Wooden Boat Building and Restoration

      4. Electrical Systems

      Latest: one of my 2" thick wormshoe boards bowed due to tension when split from the 2x8 sdowney717, Jul 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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    2. Materials

      Discuss boatbuilding materials: composites, woods, metals, plastics, and finishes.
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      Latest: Building lightweight sandwich panels for cabinetry & interior construction fallguy, Jul 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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    3. Marketplace

      Boatbuilding materials, tools, equipment, molds, tooling and custom projects for sale or trade.
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      1. Boat Molds

      Latest: Help with binks polycraft machine airborneie.com, Jul 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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  4. Employment and Education

    1. Education

      Discuss schools and programs of Naval Architecture and Yacht Design and entry paths into a boat design career.
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      Latest: where to learn inflatable boat construction? montero, Jun 29, 2025
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    2. Services & Employment

      Post positions available and marine design and boatbuilding services offered.
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      Latest: NA in Portland OR area? BlueBell, Jul 1, 2025
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  5. Community

    1. All Things Boats & Boating

      Enjoy friendly conversation with other forum members and boaters on marine-related topics, boats, and boating in general.
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      1. Press Releases

      2. Wiki Archive

      3. Forum Questions and Suggestions

      4. Post-Tsunami

      Latest: Another Car Carrier Fire comfisherman, Jun 25, 2025
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