Naval Architect's Notebook

Modern sailboat design requires a certain amount of engineering and naval architecture calculations. Here are a few files (more will be added) to serve as an example of some of the number crunching and computer modeling that is part of the sailboat design process.

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K-28 Weight Estimate (165 KB)

K-28 Scantling Calculations (102 KB)

K-28 Stability Report (758 KB)

Fairing a Sailing Yacht Hull With Rhinoceros 3d Modeling Software (1,420 KB)

Polar Plot for the K-28 (14 KB)

Excel Spreadsheet Velocity Prediction Program (VPP) (253 KB)

© 2010 Paul R. Kotzebue