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...
Hi everyone, As a freshly graduated Naval Architect, I don't have real-life experience of building high speed boats. However, I had a...
Knud Reimers Power boat linesplan, modelled in Blender and imported in DELFTship LOA 22.088m Beam 4.985m Draft 1.407m Displacement 49.423 (tonnes)
Hi I am looking for advice on designing a jet boat. My son lives on a shallow river and has been introduced to the idea of building a 12/13 ft Jet...
Hi, this is my first post to this forum. I'm designing a bow thruster tunnel for an aluminum-hull houseboat. I have tried to find references in...
43 of the best bluewater sailing yacht designs of all time - Yachting World...
Dear all I wish to optimise the hull of a traditional Cambridge punt. I can adjust width, bottom curvature (rocker) and the slope of the sides....
