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Controllable Pitch Propellers...

www.kastenmarine.com - There are real advantages provided by Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP). This article is intended to outline several of the reasons why CPP might be favored for a motor vessel, for a sailing vessel, or for a motor sailor. ...
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by jonmcconnell09
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Hydrodynamic Drag of Small Sea Kayaks ...

www.cyberiad.net - The total calm-water resistance (wave plus viscous) of four popular single seat sea kayaks is calculated and compared with experimental results. Michell's integral is used for the wave resistance, the 1957 ITTC line for the skin friction, and a ...
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by keithlee
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Computerized Prototyping and Development at Kasten M...

www.kastenmarine.com - Custom yacht design services at Kasten Marine Design, Inc. include further development of their designs for automated NC cutting....
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by keithlee
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CHOICE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL...

www.dixdesign.com - The important choice of hull material must finally rest with the prospective owner of any new boat. Provided that he fully understands the advantages and limitations of all the materials which are available to him, he can make a sensible decisio...
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by keithlee
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Hydrodynamic Drag of Some Small Sprint Kayaks ...

www.cyberiad.net - Some popular small (0.098 m3 displacement volume) sprint kayaks are compared on the basis of their upright, calm-water, total (wave plus viscous) resistance. Comparisons are also made with the drag of some simple mathematical hullforms, and with...
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by ulyssesslaughter
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Aluminum For Boats...

www.kastenmarine.com - Custom yacht design services. Blue water yachts with 'modern-classic' design in steel, aluminum, fiberglass or wood....
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by nice_guy8587
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Automatic Hull Variation and Optimization...

www.newavesys.com - The process of design optimization is complicated by the infinite variability of the hull shape and the close interrelationship among all of the major design variables. As a vessel is stretched along its length, the prismatic coefficient, the lo...
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by nice_guy8587
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Beam vs. Ballast...

www.kastenmarine.com - Most of what we read in that regard presents an incomplete picture at best. Applying actual science to the question rather than hearsay, we find many popular notions to be entirely incorrect.
Occasionally a few truthful bits do emerge......
Submitted to Boat Building 695 days ago by jonmcconnell09
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