Stalins Organ Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Yep - we look to people who have operated boats of a type we want for some period of time - the Irish have to put up with the Nth Atlantic - why wouldn't we? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Options please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 That is a worrying new bot working there ME said earlier That said, I admit I am not a naval architect. However, I have a friend who is and if I can get ahold of him in the next few days I will sound him on this issue. A couple of years ago he was demonstrating to me some software that allows him to compute all sorts of interesting things about how a ship or boat will behave in the water under various loadings and sea states. I should think compared to that, merely calculating draft would be a snap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Should I take that as a request that I look up my friend? No one ever responded when I mentioned him earlier and the discussion seemed to move on without the necessity. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 You almost passed the Turing Test :eek: That is a worrying new bot working there ME said earlier 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Just to help Stalin's Organist with the ambiguity thing: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Michael Should I take that as a request that I look up my friend? Oh he's real then!! Well it seemed so unlikely we did not want to put any pressure on you. : ) No please do contact him - this forum is always good for learning things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Aff your undoubtably wonderfully amusing point has gone way over my head - I must have been built by Austrlians so I'm sitting too low in the water! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Yeah you're too late. There was a few posts back someone who came on and in every sentence he wrote was a link promising "New York Escorts". Just before JonS' "options please" post. But it's now been deleted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Michael Oh he's real then!! Well it seemed so unlikely we did not want to put any pressure on you. : ) No please do contact him - this forum is always good for learning things. Whether he is real or not is a subject of continuing debate. But I did e-mail him and here is his reply. ...our GHS program can predict the draft very accurately given the vessel contours and its weight. However, the precise weight and center of gravity might not be precisely predictable until the vessel is the water and some experiments can be performed (in fact, the measured draft would be used to calculate the weight), but like you I'd assume a pretty good estimate could be made if all the vessel materials and their locations were well-accounted for. Which is pretty much what I said, agreed? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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