Our Thoughts on this Paper
A planing vessel is a high-performance vehicle. A high-performance vehicle is a vehicle where dynamic forces acting on the vehicle exceed the static forces. For planing hulls, dynamic lift from pressure on the hull bottom provide more vertical force than the buoyant force of water.
DLBA is joining forces with the Jon Duffie, Coleman Walker, Tim Kamas, and the whole Duffie team once again, providing naval architecture and engineering support for a new build. DLBA provides vetting for the hull form, focusing on efficiency and seakeeping, providing input where warranted.
A fully realized collaboration between the team at Van Dam Custom Boats, Heather Witkop Design, and DLBA Naval Architects.
Be it on land, water, or even in air, the drive to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly is becoming more important every day.
The International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST) was held in Providence, Rhode Island on October 26th and 27th, and we at DLBA were thrilled to attend.
The combination of DLBA and Leidos structural engineering capabilities brings significant benefit to our customers and their programs.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) had been pushing new Tier III requirements with stringent limits on Nitrous Oxides (NOx) levels in marine diesel engines.
Electrification is a real thing and is emerging as a movement that will impact all of us in our daily lives. Superyachts are not untouched by this movement.
Our community has come a long way with the prediction of resistance and trim of high-speed planing craft since their evolution around WWII. We started with model tests to collect data which could be expanded using Froude scaling.
Haig Point Transportation, located on picturesque Daufuskie Island, SC, has asked DLBA to assist with a repower of the 55’ (17m) HAIG POINT IV vessel in their ferry fleet. DLBA has previously provided similar services for the HAIG POINT II vessel.
