My designs are definately not "tortured ply", but I'm afraid to say that those of John are.

My designs ONLY bend the plates in one direction and therefor do not require any torturing. And therefor it is of course understood that my hulls will look a little more crude as a result.

Able to make the hulls out of flat panels bend only in one plane was one of the very first design criteria on my list.

Maybe later we may be able to twist the panels a little bit by making use of the natural flexibility of the panels but we'll develop that after have gained experience by building a few prototypes. Calculating the panel shapes is a whole lot more difficult when twisting the panels.





Yes.


Tim, I would like to have a wave-piercer bow, but the hull shape I'm working on now (simpler) has a straight bow.

The deck of my hull design arcs down towards the stern and bow. So that is also a difference with the picture made by John.


Wouter