Hi @philSweet ... thanks for the constructive reply and information. The hull is constructed as multi-buckling frame (is it called like that?),...
@Hiro Chen what is the actual purpose of your question? Is it a general conceptual thing or related to a specific design? And I don't get the...
I don't know what you're trying to tell me with that, but I believe it is no longer important now.
Hi .. a bunkering vessel or barge supplies fuel to other vessels in port or at sea. This is the normal way how ships are refuled, which is...
Hi .. thanks for the explanation @Rumars . Thats true. But the question was not about scantling.
Hi .. there are also some sailing boats using more or less the same concept. Checkout the following: Seascape 27 Saphire 27 Reacher 780 Best...
Hi .. these are the information I was looking for, thanks. This is a good hint, thanks. I'll do so. Good suggestion, but before I potentially...
Hi .. Actually, for this type of boat, a 6 mm anchor chain would suffice, weighing approximately 0.8 kg/m. The total outer surface area,...
But since the glass fiber coating is mainly intended to make the surface more resistant to external influences and not necessarily to contribute...
Hi together .. thanks for your replies sofar. I am currently designing the boat, so it is a one-off design. The build phase is planned to be...
Hi everyone, I am currently working on a weight estimate for a sailboat using the plywood stitch-and-glue method. LOA: 8 m BOA: 2.54 m...
Hi together, many thanks for your replys and testing on your ends. As could be shown, the problem came from MAXSURF, as it seems to have generated...
Hi everyone, I've been struggling with the following problem for several days now and just can't find a solution. I have designed an 8 metre...
Hi ... A_0 The "disc area" is the area of the circle you would get if you attached a pen to the tip of a blade and turned it around a full...
Hello ... The Novacat 15 was the first boat to use this construction method in 1985. Based on this design, the Novacat 26 was introduced in...
Hi .. thanks for the reply and the thoughts. I already use the Dotan rudders on my 16. They work pretty well. The Paradox looks interesting....
Hi .. thanks for the description of my Novacat 16 project. About the negative bow. Of course, the decision was primarily based on aesthetic...
Hi Carlos, Thank you for your reply. I'll have a look at the information you provided and get back to you later.
Dear Robert, Thank you for your reply. I have already started on the approach you suggest. I have collected about 10 different plan views of...
Preliminary body plan view of a 14' boardless beachcat