Pointers about my 6.7m sailing boat design (total noob)

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  1. clmanges
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    Well, let's give him a little room to grow. He did say he's a noob, and he did have at least one design goal, and he followed it. Now it's been pointed out that his design goal led him to a powerboat instead of a sailer. Based on that, I'm going to say he's on the steepest part of the learning curve, which is where you don't know how to ask the right questions.

    Can somebody steer this guy toward a good beginning resource on sailboat design? Or should he just build and sail a PDRacer first? That would test his commitment, at least, and he'd learn the rudiments.
     
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  2. Ad Hoc
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    He is getting some good advice already.
    The problem is he is so only just at the beginning stage, which means endless Q&As, which leads to more Q&As and so on. His questions have far too many variables to begin with for him to narrow down and understand some basics.
    We can't tell him what he must do with his design, we can only offer guidance. But the guidance is already going over his head... that's the problem.!!

    It would be, as you suggest, worth the OP buying a book on yacht design and read, digest it, and read it again. Then look at what he's drawn and come back with more reasoned, structured and rationale questions, rather than a blunderbuss type approach - which won't help him much at this stage.
     
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  3. Mr Efficiency
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    OK, but probably a case of being cruel to be kind, if there is serious intent to proceed to the stage of building.
     
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  4. TANSL
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    In reference to post # 30 : Thank you Ad Hoc for your invaluable words, you do not know how much and how I appreciate it. Do you really believe that you cannot talk about technical questions of naval architecture, or whatever, without knowing the meaning of the word "noob"?
    At what point have I criticized anyone in this thread? I have simply warned that longitudinal imbalances must also be solved, that not only transversal ones must be considered. If that constitutes a criticism of someone, then, yes, I have criticized.
    Thank you, again, for your incalculable help analyzing my comments, and always with that generosity that characterizes you. "Superatis hostibus, regium est abstinere" and, of course ...IF IN DOUBT, ASK. :D
     
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  5. gonzo
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    Before going any further, we could talk about getting to the stage of building. Since he is not a boatbuilder, he will make the usual mistakes that will have to be fixed as he goes. Realistically, the boat could be completed by an amateur in 8 to 9 months of full time work. To the OP: what is your time and money budget?
     
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  6. clmanges
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    Don't you think it's a little early to be talking about building? Maybe he'll learn really quickly, but at this point I'd have my doubts that he'd know a halyard from a downhaul. Look what's missing from his original post, for example: any mention at all of the sailing rig. And he drew a powerboat hull. Give him time to learn some of the basics first. For all we know he might decide he doesn't want a sailboat after all.
     
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  7. gonzo
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    I was responding to Mr Efficiency's post.
     
  8. ArchiSail
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    done some revisions to the hull, any thoughts??

    anny good resources to calculate waterline?

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  9. bajansailor
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    Any thoughts?
    Sorry to be blunt, but how about starting from the beginning again?
    Use an existing boat as a reference to start off with, and then you can tweak it slightly to suit what you want.
    Can you honestly tell me which boat you find more attractive - your design, or the Red Fox 200 (re the link I posted previously)?
    That chine is going to metaphorically smack you in the chops every time you see the boat.
     
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  10. clmanges
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    Thoughts?
    I think you're still getting ahead of yourself, especially since you can't seem to make even a rough approximation of where the waterline would be. That's doable for anyone who knows algebra and basic solid geometry. You don't need many decimal places at this point, but you should be able to get within plus or minus ten percent. Hint: you have to know what it will weigh fully finished, provisioned and crewed, as well as where its fore/aft center of gravity will be.

    Go try that, and if the result has your transom below the waterline, you win the prize of having to scrap the design and start over. But by then you'll at least know what a quantity of anything weighs (be sure to record all that information). And the next time around you can get a little better precision in your calculations.
     
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  11. BlueBell
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    Thoughts?
    Listen to the advice you're receiving,
    it's way better than you could ever imagine...
     
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  12. gonzo
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    It is still a terrible hull. There are so many fundamental errors that it is beyond just giving advice on how to fix it. The waterline is easy, although tedious. Add the weight of everything on the boat and the submerged volume multiplied by the density of water will equal it. The calculate the center of gravity of the boat and the center of buoyancy; they will be aligned vertically. That will give you the waterline. However, you first need to design a boat so you can have the structure, rig, hull thickness, etc. to be able to calculate weights.
     
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