Course information

Part A, High-Speed Craft: Types of high-speed vessels. Semi-displacement and planing craft. Hydrodynamic lift. Resistance of semi-displacement and planing vessels. Empirical and semi- empirical methods of its estimation. The method of Savitsky. Systematic series of speedboat hull forms. Propulsion, and dynamic behaviour of High-Speed ships (HSS) in waves. Design elements and procedures in the preliminary design phase. Part B, Sailing yachts: The geometry of sailing. Forces on a sailing yacht. Resistance, stability, and seaworthiness of sailing yachts. Equations describing the operation of sailing yachts. Experimental investigation of their performance. Polar diagram and evaluation VMGMAX for various true wind speeds VT. Gimcrack diagram for correlation of the aerodynamic and the hydrodynamic performance of a sailing yacht. Design of hull form and main appendages (keel, rudder). Velocity prediction programs. Systematic series of sailing yachts.