“The Design of Appendages”, 1998
Archive Item Type: Book
One chapter of the book “Sailing Yacht Design”, published in 1998. While the chapter is not specifically about the Six Metre class it does use Six Metres to illustrate changes in appendage design due to the author’s personal experience in the field.
The chapter covers:
1. Introduction; 2. Background to modern appendage configurations; 3. Approaches to appendage design; 4. The fin keel; 5. Balance and stability – the existence of an upwind ‘groove’; 6. Effect of alignment, symmetry and accuracy of foil section; 7. Foils for racing dinghies; 8. Appendages for model racing yachts; 9. Keel development in the Twelve Metre class; 10. International Six Metre class; 11. Delta winged bulb keels for cruising yachts; 12. Use of computational fluid dynamic methods; 13. Conclusion; References.
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