Thanks everyone for chiming in on this topic. I really appreciate the help as this is the one final step to making this operation as feasible...
Hi guys, We are working on an electric ferry but I have come up against a road block of sorts. It revolves around the charging of the vessel....
Personally I would steer clear of a full on vessel design. There is just too much work involved to do it right. I would look at hull...
I have to admit I just don't get it. I mean why bother? Are we not just getting to a multihull here but carrying around more weight then we have...
Great article Eric. It really hits the nail on the head in terms of what the industry is about. Daiquiri your comments couldn't be more true....
Stamford86: My advice to you is get the highest amount od education you can in school, engineering degree, masters .... The reason I say this...
I have a client who is looking to get a significant refit done on a 150 ft steel fishing trawler. It involves adding fish processing gear to make...
One of the main reasons the fairing putty came off would be the use of polyester resin. Polyester's have zero secondary bonding properties (i.e....
We have a project and we need to find out what fibers/clothweight was used in a layup. We only have a sample piece of the epoxy/glass layup. If...
I have to agree with Tspeer on this. As we all know design is all about compromise. Yes you can make the "sail" more effiecient by adding...
For AutoCad you can use the purge command to help reduce file size. This will get rid of empty layers, line types, and all other drawing...
The boat is a John Corby design and is located in the UK. I too like this design but I do not know how the running characteristics would be. Mr....