Award-Winning Yacht Builder Relies on FEA Software When approached to construct a custom-built 98' yacht designed by Fontaine Design Group, Michael McClain of Hodgdon Yachts, East Boothbay, Maine, relied on ALGOR FEA software to optimize existing vessel designs to save time, ensure safety, reduce hull weight and save money.
Wauquiez International Sailboat Design Sailboat buyers want delivery as soon as possible and customization
is the wave of the future. Wauquiez International is responding by doing
more development work digitally.
Advanced 3D Modeling Gives America’s Cup Yachts
the Edge As history now records, the challenge by the Italian Team Prada to
wrest the America’s Cup from the grasp of the Kiwis was blunted by the
sailing skills of the New Zealand defender. However, behind the scenes an
untold amount of design and development goes into building any yacht that is
good enough to even reach to finals.
High-Speed, High-Capacity Marine Masterpiece
A quiet revolution in high-speed marine passenger transport is taking place
in a small shipyard in Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state. Who could
fail to be impressed by the thought of a 120m catamaran carrying more than 1250
passengers and 460 cars at more than 50 knots!
