The project fast lightweight power catamarans - is possible?

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  1. Mr Efficiency
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    It is interesting hull but unfortunately not for this area:( For a small bay or lake this catamaran will be perfect...
     
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    Well, probably too small to be carrying a lot of passengers, but certainly an offshore boat, it could easily handle your conditions, it gets down to the comfort rather than the safety.
     
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    haha, I don't think so. I think you should be talking to the certifying authority for the jurisdiction you intend to operate under, for direction as to what would suffice to pass their regulations.
     
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    I can bet;) That on the short two-meter wave such catamaran will have serious problems.
    If you ask for certification, once I have written about it. In the European Union project a small ship must be comply with Directive 2010/36 and 2009/45. Nothing more than that. However, in some European Union countries could be a lot simpler. There are exceptions to these directives from what I know. I just check a simpler way now in Spain...
     
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    That is impressive!!!
     
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    That's why, I am looking for a designer who knows how to design a hull type swath. I asked if anyone here uses this software CAESES OptiSWATH...
     
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    Do not limit the options. Most of the programs used by NAs allow the design of SWATH boats.
    Sometimes advertising is misleading because, imo, it is not the software that optimizes a design but the designer.
     
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    Ok but how to calculate the acceleration of the boat to a known state of the sea (for example, the wave height 2m)?
    What I mean is that if the acceleration is greater than 0.1 g then I had a problem. With cruises up to two hours could not be greater. Otherwise, passengers get seasick. This will cause bad reviews. As a result, lose customers (even breaking contracts with hotels if they seriously complain!!). I want to calculate the minimum size and buoyancy of the boat that at a speed of 20 knots does not exceed this parameter (at this state of the sea).
     
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    Ok I wrote to them.
     
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    0.1g is ridiculously low. I assume you mean 1.1g actually, we cop 1g sitting at the desk. A car going along an undulating road will impose somewhat greater, on passengers.
     

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    Unfortunately, it is true. That is the standard. If the acceleration is greater is the risk of seasickness on passengers.
     
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