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    Surface drive with large diameter propeller

    Here is the designer's site about it: 31m Solar Boat Turanor Planet Solar - Lomocean https://www.lomocean.com/projects/race-for-water The pic you...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Mar 3, 2024 in forum: Boat Design
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    Are foils the new keels?

    We too are actually experimenting just at the intersection. Imho there is at least as much potential for comfort as for performance/efficiency....
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Jan 4, 2024 in forum: Boat Design
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    Are foils the new keels?

    Baltic Raven 111 is not a foiling yacht though, nor is the setup meant to work in the way it does in an America's Cup boat. As far as i...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Jan 4, 2024 in forum: Boat Design
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    CFD state of the art

    Thank you so much Uli, that was the missing piece! I'll be back to my openFoam validation atempts soon, hopefully sharing a reference case and...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Sep 21, 2023 in forum: Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics
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    CFD state of the art

    Hi, sorry for bumping up this old thread. I'm trying to validate my OpenFoam workflow against the SYRF wide-light. Unfortunately many of the...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Sep 3, 2023 in forum: Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics
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    In 10 years??

    Well for AI in boat design, of course there is nothing functional to be expected from a neuronal network like midjourney that only relates 2D...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Jul 8, 2023 in forum: Software
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    Low Maintenance Boat Interiors - Anyone used TEDLAR from DuPont ?

    Oh, i love that idea; Having run a solar installation company, i've been very impressed how these thin films keep out the humidity that would...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, May 20, 2023 in forum: Boat Design
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    Plasticity CAD $

    Thanks a lot for the insight !
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Apr 8, 2023 in forum: Software
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    Plasticity CAD $

    Thanks Pafurijaz, didn't hear about that one, and i can see how the Parasolid kernel could make sense to produce accurate input geometry for CFD...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Apr 6, 2023 in forum: Software
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    Help with an atypical outrigger concept

    Hi Niklas, welcome ! Cool project, and i think you're getting some great feedback above. Only thing i thought may not be so evident is *how...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Mar 28, 2023 in forum: Boat Design
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    Quantifying Drag of Rocker

    Hi, sorry i can't help you with the math of the optimisation problem, but i'd think of the angle of the extension as a kind of trim tab: The...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Mar 13, 2023 in forum: Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics
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    Is Levi Drives still in business?

    www.levidrives.com is Rudi's website in Germany. I contacted him in february 2021 via the contact form on the site and we exchanged a few short...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Sep 1, 2022 in forum: Surface Drives
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    Structural glass on hull sides - ISO Harmonised rules

    Yes it does, at least for the windows 50cm (Cat A) or 40cm (Cat B) above the waterline, in boats up to 24m. Multiple zones are defined, with...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Aug 31, 2022 in forum: Class Societies
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    Structural glass on hull sides - ISO Harmonised rules

    Thanks to all, things become much clearer :)) The occurences i spotted in ISO 12215-6 (which references ISO 12216 for the thicknesses and...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Aug 30, 2022 in forum: Class Societies
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    Structural glass on hull sides - ISO Harmonised rules

    Hi, has the op or someone else solved this in ISO 12216-2020 ? We are running into similar problems for an 18m motorsailor design and remain...
    Post by: CocoonCruisers, Aug 26, 2022 in forum: Class Societies