Yacht Design | Hull Resistance Calculation

Yacht Design Software

by Hans Zwakenberg

Hi sailor, interested in yacht design software, are you?
If you are, please check our this site, which offers HullDrag/32, a free computer program that estimates a sailing yacht's hull resisitance.
HullDrag/32 can do quite a bit more than just estimate a hull's resistance, but you have to read the rest of this yacht design software site to find out.

Summary of what to find on this site:

	HullDrag/32, a free sailing yacht hull resistance calculator program
	Heel_It!, a forthcoming utility to help you evaluate how hull wetted area changes due to heel angle

	information about hull design optimisation for sailing yachts
	links to screened nautical sites (screened as in: sites I like and find useful)

Quick links to site content:

Products Check out what this site has to offer here...

Downloads Check out this page if you want to grab files from this site...

Links Our repository of links to the outside world, will be published shortly...

Support If and when time is available, HullDrag/32 and Heel_It! are supported by their creator...

Contact Want to communicate with the programmer of our free yacht design software? Check out this page for details...

HullDrag/32 yacht design software explained

HullDrag/32 is a sailing yacht hull drag calculation utility that estimates the drag of a sailing yacht's hull, keel and rudder. In addtion, it offers optimisation of Cp and LCB for speeds up to Fn=0.45. A new release of this yacht design software is in the works which will offer optimisation for speeds up to Fn=0.60. The new release also optimises the value of LCF.

Want to test this free yacht design software?

For all of you interested in sailing yacht design, yacht speed optimisation, drag reduction, or whatever, I envite you to download and evaluate HullDrag/32, the free virtual towtank inside your PC.

Site requirements

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Amazing number of downloads

In the initial period between July 1999 and May 2000, HullDrag/32 was downloaded almost 900 times. In the years that followed, interest remained high, with download numbers in the thousands per year. This amazes me to no end, as this hydrodynamics computer program targets a very specific audience indeed. I thank you all for your interest.

Enjoy !

P.S.: perhaps you might also be interested in this homebuilt aircraft project of mine. Check it out and let me know what you think...

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