Preliminary design tool for sailing yachts. The development of a design tool for sailing yachts in the preliminary design phase

Stresses on sailing yacht at sea

A drogue design to prevent breaking wave capsize of monohull sailing yachts

On wings and keels

A discussion is given of the physical mechanisms governing the hydrodynamics of sailing yacht keels and the parameters that, through these mechanisms, determine keel performance. It is concluded that due to the presence of the free water surface optimum keel shapes differ from optimum shapes for aircraft wings, a fact that does not seem to have...

What causes a Boat to Capsize