Is My Boat Strong Enough to Become Bigger? | Windpuff's Rebuild [S1 Ep 8]

• January 28, 2024 by Rigging Doctor |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:23:16
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Do you want to make your boat bigger? This is the math that you need to do to see if your boat can support the addition.

0:00 Intro
0:28 Disclosure
1:00 Books that you should read
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3:35 First step to determine if the boat can support the change
4:53 Implications of changing a boat
5:39 Scantling Number Changes
6:34 Basic Shell Thickness Changes
6:53 Heavy Displacement Increase Changes
7:45 High Stress Areas Changes
8:05 Difference in Minimum Hull Thickness vs Actual Hull Thickness
8:48 Stringers
9:37 Stringer Core Size
10:15 Stringer Laminate Thickness
11:16 Stringer Tabbing
11:37 How Many Bulkheads Do We Need?
11:57 Bulkhead Thickness
12:19 Bulkhead Tabbing Runout
12:45 Bulkhead Backing Size
13:34 Bulkhead Requirements Summary
13:54 Ring Frame Requirements
14:48 Floors Requirements
16:01 External Chainplate Hull Requirements
18:24 Why you need to do the math ahead of time
19:14 Other changes that will result from a hull modification
19:53 The Best Advice from a Naval Architect
22:38 What is Your Current Scantling Number and What is Your Planned Scantling Number?

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