Yup, that's me.

Very interesting paper.

I'm glad I found a 32 foot boat with a 3/4 inch thick hull. It's
still probably stiffer than most boats built five years ago. The full
length aluminum toe rail has to help as well.

BTW, after a summer of sailing, I love the Endeavour 32. If anything
happened to it, I would look for another one tomorrow. The quick helm
response is a bit of a pain when I singlehand but I love it when I
have a crew (which is most of the time).

--

Roger Long



"Mic" wrote in message
...
There are a bunch of links here and it is quite an excellent page
that, in my opinion deserves it own posting. Roger Long are you the
naval arch. who bought your boat from a fresh water lake, Erie or
Michigan? I hope you enjoy this page......

http://web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/usna1.html

Associate Prof. Paul H. Miller
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy

Some of the links are HTML some are PDF's and others are Power Point
Presentations.....
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http://web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/J...24fatigue.html


This page briefly describes a project that looked at fatigue effects
on marine fiberglass. The project's goal was to correlate (and
improve
where possible) standard test methods, theory and computer-aided
analysis tools to give designers more confidence when developing
specifications for marine composite components.
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New Navy 44 Midshipmen and TAD Ensign Projects

Velocity Prediction Program Study

Naval Architecture Senior Design Project

Material Selection Study

Impact panel video (Navy 44 vs. Navy 44)

Impact panel video (Navy 44 vs. J/24)

Full-scale impact video!

Tank Testing for Resistance

Tank Testing for Grounding

Rudder research final presentation (this is a 25 MB file!)

Lifeline research (IBEX 2000)

Summary Paper for 2003 CSYS (1.2 MB pdf) PowerPoint

Trident Project: CFD vs Tank Testing with VPP Correlation (report)
(PowerPoint) (article)

Student Projects for Safety at Sea 2005

Other Projects!

Research on fatigue of fiberglass sailboat hulls (J/24's)

Fiberglass Fatigue PowerPoint presentation

Marine Composites PowerPoint

Seaworthy Yacht Design (Safety at Sea 2000) PowerPoint

Offshore Yacht Attributes (SMSA 2004) PowerPoint

Safety Factors in Naval Architecture (Safety at Sea 2002) PowerPoint

Sailboat Stability and Structure (Safety at Sea 2003) PowerPoint

Finite Element Analysis in Small Craft Design (IBEX2002) PowerPoint

Risk Management in Sailing (Safety at Sea 2004) PowerPoint

CFD for Small Craft (IBEX 2003) PowerPoint

Composites - Engineering Basics (IBEX2004) PowerPoint

Trident Project: Carbon-Bladed YP Prop (Presentation, Report)


http://web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/jokes.htm

"Normal people ... believe that if it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Engineers believe that if it isn't broken, it doesn't have enough
features yet."

" To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the
glass
is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it
needs
to be."