Wooden boats and their environment




Ireland has a rich tradition of boat-building, both working craft and racing boats. These boats were designed for specific purposes and particular places, local weather, materials and craftsmanship were incorporated into their designs. Sometimes the designs came from abroad and were adapted for local conditions. Many of these designs are still preserved and active today.

This course is about designing a wooden sailing boat for Lough Derg (County Tipperary) referring to the history and traditions of local construction and water use. Students will learn about the history of boat design and construction, the processes of design and the methods of construction. There will be visits to boatyards and boatbuilders with a particular emphasis on techniques of wooden construction. The final objective is the creation of a new design of sailing craft.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Hull Design Software




Either of these allow quite a bit of flexibility and will allow you to sculpt and measure the basics of hulls hydrostatics. As with any software it takes a bit of fiddling and experiment to get the hang of it.

It is possible (but not easy) to get an academic copy of Maxsurf from Bentley, will continue to try.

Also there is the Orca plug-in for Rhino.


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  1. Real BoatbuilderApril 18, 2017 at 3:10 AM

    Carene Software is no longer available from Uk Epoxy resins.

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