The current main (U.S.) HF reference is ASTM F1166. This largely follows a MIL-HDBK on the subject (a lot of the illustrations are the same)....
The SNAME Technical and Research Program in cooperation with the Hampton Roads, Virginia Section of SNAME will host the Sixth Power Boat Symposium...
Or a P.E. (some states don't have an education requirement for a P.E.)
I have the fully licensed required modeling and stability software and can run ISO 12217-1 stability calculations and develop any modifications...
They have posted an opening for my former job. I don't know if it comes with the window cubicle. Naval Architect, GS-0871-14...
The paper was given at CSYS 2022 in Annapolis. I suspect that they needed some comedy relief. However, one of the organizers challenged me to...
One point on this method is that curved members such as when frames can be CNC cut rather than formed. This is typical practice for most steel or...
Note that the paper itself and a lot of more interesting ones (especially on foiling under sail) are open access at www.onepetro.org/JST. Mine is...
Joe Gruzling founded Nautican, which is still in business, though he passed away some years ago. The profile he uses is very much like the GAW-1,...
For what it's worth, I recently gave a paper on construction of boat with wood shells over metal framing using CAD/CAM/CNC and other new...
You will probably need to slice off the propeller at what would normally be the maximum chord or thereabouts and fit that in the nozzle. There is...
For a slow vessel (and a sailing yacht if you can tip up the propulsor), please carefully consider a Kort nozzle. The information for...