Case Studies - Marine

• Alinghi Case Study
  Lake Leman multihulls are a class of extreme, state-of-the-art racing machine capable of sailing at twice the speed of the wind, with ten times the power to weight ratio of an America’s Cup yacht
• Atlantic 85 Case Study
  One of the first projects undertaken by the Prototyping Facility at Gurit was the redesign and build of an Atlantic 85 rescue craft for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institute)
• Canting Keels - Case Study
  Since they were introduced in the early 1990’s, canting keel boats have proved themselves to be consistent race-winners, whether single-handed raceboats or fully-crewed maxiyachts.
• Case Study - Baltic 141
  In August 2000, SP, the marine business of Gurit, was commissioned by Baltic Yachts to provide structural engineering services for a 44 metre super cruising yacht, the Baltic 41
• Case Study - RNLI
  Wherever you travel around the UK coast, you will find workboats plying their trade. Whether pilot boats, fishing vessels, police or coastguard boats, they are always there in all weathers.
• Deck Hatch - Case Study
  Deck laminate drawings often look complicated, with numerous tapes and patches fitted around load points and hatches.
• Developments on Advanced Composite Analysis and Design Optimisation by Gurit
  The engineering team at Gurit, has been actively researching ways to increase efficiency when using software tools for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), both for composites and isotropic materials.
• Hetairos - The Panamax Ketch Project
  For four years SP-High Modulus worked with Baltic Yachts on the Panamax Ketch project. This included the supply of composite materials and a large structural engineering design consultancy project.
• Hovercraft Ducts
  As reported in Advantage Spring 2005, SP, the marine business Gurit, has been awarded a contract from Isle of Wight based company Hoverworks for the structural design and build of a number of propeller ducts for their new BHT 130 hovercraft.
• Kingfisher - Case Study
  The image of offshore sailing in the UK went through a dramatic change as the press and public followed closely the daily exploits of Ellen MacArthur on board Kingfisher
• M34 Tour de France à la voile (English)
  M34 Tour de France à la Volie is a case study detailing how SP-High Modulus brought its global composite materials expertise to the M34 project by teaming up with Bateaux Archambault, Joubert / Nivelt / Mercier and Isotop.
• M34 Tour de France à la voile (French)
  M34 Tour de France à la Voile is a case study detailing how SP-High Modulus brought its global composite materials expertise to the M34 project by teaming up with Bateaux Archambault, Joubert / Nivelt / Mercier and Isotop.
• Mari-Cha IV - Case Study
  Measuring 44.3 metres in length, with a total sail area of 1100m2 upwind and 1500m2 downwind, Mari-Cha IV is similar in size to her illustrious predecessor, Mari-Cha III.
• Morning Glory & Pyewacket Case Study
  The launch of the Reichel/Pugh designs, Morning Glory and Pyewacket in 2004 generated a great deal of interest within the sailing world.
• Revolutionising the RIB
  Yacht designer Christian Stimson enlisted the help of SP, the marine business of Gurit, to work on a particularly challenging brief: to design a 7.5m tender that will fit into the 6m transom garage
• Tiketitan 88 Case Study from SP
  As a result of their success in yachts such as the Open 60 class, we are seeing much greater use of canting keels
• UD Planks and their effect on deck design from SP
  Mast compression and tension in a sailing yacht’s runners/backstay tend to bend the boat. This bending creates compression in the deck and tension in the hull bottom.
• Wild Oats Case Study
  Although there are an increasing number of yachts with canting keels, Wild Oats differs from those in that it incorporates DynaYacht’s “patented” CBTF technology