I am pleased to propose you this new (and probably last) version 3.5 of « Gene-Hull Sailboat » and its post applications Gene-Stab and Gene-VPP ,...
Hi everyone, I wanted to share a free online boat design tool I've been working on: Free Boat Design Calculator | Hull Resistance & Propeller...
This model was made using NURBS surfaces in Blender. To create it, I used an add-on called Surface Psycho, which you can download right from the...
Hello all! Recently I've been getting into boat design and attempting to learn the softwares. Currently, I'm attempting to create a canoe that...
Hello everyone, I participated in some kind of unmanned marine vehicle competition. I have a team of aerospace engineers. In general, we lack...
We're undergraduate students trying to build a USV for data collection, about 1-2 m in length. In terms of material to use for the hull, we've...
I have an 18.5' Bayliner Capris with a 3.0 Mercruiser setup that is a fuel sipper even at 35mph. When pushed she'll do 44mph. I love that little...
Hello all!. I apologize if I posted in the wrong location. My start to my Thread is redoing my stringers from the horribly butcher job I did my...
Im interested in building a power aluminum yacht, and I'm curious about the efficiency of 3 thin hulls (trimaran) vs 2 wider hulls (catamaran)....
I’ll say on the outset that my goal is to design a mid sized blue water cruiser (read motor-sailer) that keeps the build as simple as possible....
Hi all, Currently have a ship hull which I have modelled in SpaceClaim and meshed in mechanical. In Mechanical, I am trying to constrain all of...
Hello all, My question is about stability calculations for a small watercraft. Which calculations do you make and which rules you look for when...
Hello, I did a POC to automatically generate hull shapes with freecad using Gene-Hull data. This is the alpha version (only one type of keel and...
Hi, my post concerns cruising multihulls. I've been thinking about a trimaran with its central hull smaller than its side hulls. The result...
Hi guys I have seen that many boats have devided hull on sections. Few levels of hull, something symilar to stairs. Is someone can tell why the...
I've been looking at lines drawings for stitch-and-glue kayaks. Some of the lines drawings (if accurate) depict surfaces that have twist, as...
John Letcher got a PhD in Aerodynamics from CalTech in 1966, sailed across the Pacific six times - twice single-handedly in a 20 ft boat, formed...
Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum, I am working on a personal project of mine where I want to use a boat hull and modify it to run some CFD...
This question has been nagging me for a while, and I can't seem to find an explanation for it. I'm an engineer that has had to deal with fluid...
Hello everyone, Has anyone done or looked into the feasibility of changing an offshore racing hull like a cigarette into a centre console fishing...
