Wing

Did someone say wing...

It's neat that "rumour" starts with rum.

HPYD next week

The HPYD conference is in Auckland next week. Who else is going?

http://www.hpyd.org.nz/

There is a moth lecture which should be interesting.

I'm also particularly interested in the lecture on side force generation of slender hulls.

Others I'll be interested in are:

• Using parametric modelling, CFD, and historic data, to estimate planing hull performance on a laptop
• Design by best engineering principles for the solar catamaran Tûranor PlanetSolar (only because I want to know why the hell they put such a weird propeller on a slow boat)
• Model testing – What is the point? A review of yacht testing and the implications for
  yacht designers (because an old mate from uni is part of the group presenting it)
• AC45: A study of high performance composite construction
• Damage initiation and evolution in marine composite laminates
• New material for sail production
• A review of unsteady hydrodynamic behaviour of sailing yachts and methods to
  study it
• Tuning of appendages for an IMOCA60 yacht
• Hydrodynamic performance of a submerged lifting surface operating at high speeds
• And the fluid structure interactions stuff about the rigs (but only because it is voodoo to me)
  

And the public discussion with the VOR circus.

The rest (if not all) will probably go over my head but hopefully will get some insight into a bit of the racing yacht design field.

nationals 2011/12 in photos

some of me have been trawled up from the depths of teh interwebz.

i think i'll find a real guy fawkes for next wongi. 

coolest thing ever