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Aeroyacht® 121 – luxury catamaran

Designed from the ground up the advanced Aeroyacht 121′ luxury catamaran is today’s most   innovative American performance yacht.    As one of the largest composite catamarans in the world she is the first model of a sleek, new range representing the ultimate high-performance, supremely styled world traveler. (more…)

118 wallypower – Awesome Wally Yacht Design

The hull form is a deep V of 22 degrees at the stern, with a straight stem bow designed to perform as a wave piercing.

118 WallyPower Yacht Construction Detile

The WallyPower has followed an intensive and exceptional Research & Development programme that involved specialised facilities (like SSPA in Sweden, the Ferrari Wind Tunnel Facility) to test the new features of the yacht. As a result, the 118-foot (36-meter) WallyPower stands out for her technology as well as for her contemporary design.

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Marine Propulsion

Marine Propeller

  1. Trailing edge
  2. Face
  3. Fillet area
  4. Hub or Boss
  5. Hub or Boss Cap
  6. Leading edge
  7. Back
  8. Propeller shaft
  9. Stern tube bearing
  10. Stern tube

A propeller is the most common propulsor on ships, imparting momentum to a fluid which causes a force to act on the ship.

The ideal efficiency of any size propeller is that of an actuator disc in an ideal fluid. An actual marine propeller is made up of sections of helicoidal surfaces which act together ‘screwing’ through the water (hence the common reference to marine propellers as “screws”). Three, four, or five blades are most common in marine propellers, although designs which are intended to operate at reduced noise will have more blades. The blades are attached to a boss (hub), which should be as small as the needs of strength allow – with fixed pitch propellers the blades and boss are usually a single casting. (more…)

Boat Propulsion Formula and Efficiency

Propeller efficiency for any particular installation, without having to go through a super detailed analysis of fluid dynamics. Particular planing boat with one particular motor.

Let’s say these are the parameters for this installation:

Motor RPM: 5,750
Gear Ratio: 2:33 to 1
Propeller RPM: 2,468 for both props
HP at prop at WOT: 74
Prop: SS 3 Blade 36.9 MPH 13″ Diameter 17″ Pitch AND a
Prop: SS 4 Blade 35.1 MPH 12 3/4″ Diameter 16″ Pitch
Boat Weight: 2,000 pounds
Boat Length: 18′

With a Speed Length Ratio of 7.8
The 3 blade has a crouch number of: 192
The 4 blade has a crouch number of: 182

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