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Craig Loomes Design Group ltd

PO Box 147-027, Ponsonby,

Auckland, New Zealand

www.cld.co.nz


Wavepiercer Trimaran


 

General Particulars


L

Speed

Material

23 [m]

 30 [kts]

 Composite

Description

Work on new developments is always afoot at Craig Loomes Design Group Ltd and a range of concept designs are slowly emerging aimed at achieving the ultimate in seakeeping performance. A concept more suited to larger vessels in the interests of achieving sufficient interior volume, work to date has concentrated on large ferries capable of high speeds through rough water. The grey test model pictured was jointly funded by Custom Yachts Ltd and Diogene Marine of Mauritius to prove the concept for an 18m recreational vessel and a 53m passenger ferry respectively.

Essentially a single wavepiercer demi-hull, with small stabilizers, early work on efficiency and stability is encouraging and development continues. The model has been fitted with acceleration data logging equipment so that comparisons can be made with similarly sized planing monohulls and catamarans in a known sea state.

Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation

http://www.duyfken.com/


Duyfken

 

 

General Particulars


L

Δ 

24 [m]

120 [tonnes]

Description

Duyfken was a small yacht owned by the Dutch East India Company. In 1605-6 she made a voyage of exploration from Indonesia to the Cape York peninsula of Australia - the first historically recorded voyage to Australia and charting of the Australia coast. The Duyfken Foundation built a replica using European oak and 16th century construction techniques. Possible reconstructions of the ship's design were evaluated using Maxsurf.

In 1999 the replica was launched and in 2002 she sailed from Australia to The Netherlands for the 400 year celebrations of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The 18,200 nautical miles voyage along the original VOC traderoute took a little under 12 months to complete. 

Kasten Marine Design

Port Townsend, Washington

Rio Verde, Arizona

www.kastenmarine.com


Float Plane


 

General Particulars


NA  

Description

"We designed the floats with Maxsurf, and performed the trim, equilibrium, and damaged condition analyses with Hydromax. The floats are built and flying now..."

TC Design

Designer: Tim Clissold
PO Box 338, Warkworth
New Zealand
Tel: +64 25 858 275

www.tcdesign.co.nz
tcdesign@xtra.co.nz

FuriaOne Solar Race Boat

FuriaOne Solar Race Boat  

General Particulars


L

B

Engine 
8 [m]

2.5  [m]

3kW peak

Description

An entry into the Open Class of the 2008 Frisian Solar Challenge.  Designed as a low wake, wave piercing trimaran for the 220 km race.  Built in carbon, with lots of innovative electronic equipment aboard.  The high tech solar panels produce about 1.5kW at peak, allowing the boat to sprint to speeds up to 25 km/hr, and cruise at 13 km/hr.  FuriaOne finished fourth in the open class. The team intends to enter  the 2010 event.
Maxsurf allowed many different hull shapes to be evaluated before construction.


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