VPP for Racing Skiff

Hi All,

I am doing a design of a racing skiff for a senior design project. Does anyone know of a Velocity Prediction rogram (VPP) that would be suitable for this type of hull, that I would be able to get my hands on. Thanks for any help

Bob McGrath

 

if you're looking at a chined hull, you may be able to use a Savitsky method for the resistance, you'd have to check the limitations of this method though. Hazen's model would work for the rig.

Tim B.

 

I've asked many of the top designers around, and some of those involved in leading edge NA CAD programmes. None of them believe that there is a VPP that will really work for skiffs or dinghies in all aspects.

 

There has been some work done (a MSc dissertation) on that at Southampton University.
In itself, there are no differences between a common VPP and skiff VPP, you just need to get good resistance predictions.

 

Nico, who can we talk to at Southampton if we want to find out more?

 

Contact Dr Stephen R. Turnock at S.R.Turnock (AT) ship.soton.ac.uk

 

Thank you!