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Re: Hull design help.
Posted By: Nick Schade In Response To: Hull design help. (paul woolson)
Date: Friday, 30 April 1999, at 9:40 a.m.
The M shape will have stability advantages. If you have access to a boat you want to "borrow" ideas from, you can take a piece of heavy solder and bend it to conform to the shape and use this to transfer the shape to a piece of paper.
It is difficult to create a fair, 3D shape using just 2D drawing tools. Generally you need to draw 3 views: side, top and front. You draw one then transfer the dimensions from it to your other views. Then tweek those views and transfer the dimensions to the other two drawings. This takes a lot of iterations to develop a good design.
You might find it easier to carve a model out of wood or with clay and then transfer dimensions to paper to create full-sized drawings.
> I am in the planning stages for my second boat after just finishing my
> Guillemot. I once went on a trip in Alaska on boats that were EXTREMELY
> stable. The hull design had almost a 3 keel type of look to it if that
> makes any sense. If you look down the length, it almost makes a
> "M" shape. This boat will be intended for my daughter so I'm
> looking for something that won't be tippy at all. Any thoughts? How does
> one copy the design of a certain part of a boat. How do you go from
> looking at the physical piece to getting it down on paper? I'm not looking
> to rip off an entire boat but simply this hull design and incorporate it
> into a complete boat of my own design. Thanks in advance. Paul
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