Building my own boat. Need supervisor/controller

Discussion in 'Services & Employment' started by PolarWind, Aug 6, 2013.

  1. Gian
    Joined: Dec 2012
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    Gian ...

    I tried to explain in general the relationship between design and engineering in a industrial process, but I failed.
    Alik wrote few examples (and I'm sure that they are real and true examples), but he should think in general topic when he talk about design and engineering, not in special examples. I mean: which is the first step in the industrial production? (because "to build a boat" is industrial production).

    Everything start from a line in white sheet, not from an idro-dinamic calculation.
    Everyone can learn engineering calculations, but creativty belongs to each single person, in different ways.

    You write:
    "Boat owner looking for his custom 60' one-off is somewhat different. He does not want designer's experiments for his budget".
    Well, if it was, I would suggest to prepare ONE ONLY boat 60' concept and repeat it thousand times then!
    You will not need a designer; and the engineering calculations will be always the same.

    It wouldn't be the best. Wouldn't it? ;)
    Gian Paolo
     

  2. Alik
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    Alik Senior Member

    I am sure 'hydrodynamics' and designing the hull shape requires not less creativity and talent than exterior styling. Otherwise, we will see all highly efficient hulls like designed by Bruce Farr, and not planing boxes as most of today's motoryachts drawn by furniture stylists :D

    Again, proportions of the craft are chosen from hydrodynamics as the first step of boat design. It often happens before the sketches are made. And only after that, the stylist comes with his exterior shaping.
     
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