Papers and Articles (by date)

2010

COLLATING EVIDENCE FOR A UNIVERSAL METHOD OF STABILITY ASSESSMENT OR GUIDANCE
Barry Deakin
Trans RINA, Vol. 152, Part A2
International Journal of Maritime Engineering, Apr-Jun 2010.
* Awarded the RINA Medal of Distinction.
(PDF, 187KB)

OFF-WIND SAIL PERFORMANCE PREDICTION AND OPTIMISATION
Sandy Wright, Andy Claughton, J Paton and R Lewis
2nd International Conference on Innovation in High Performance Sailing Yachts (INNOV’SAIL),
Lorient, France, 30th June-1st July 2010.
(PDF, 495KB)

MODELS AVOID ROCKING THE BOAT
Dickon Buckland
The Yacht Report, Issue 114, pp. 98 - 101.
(PDF, 619KB)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A “GREEN TRAWLER”
Dominic Rihan, Noel O’Regan and Barry Deakin
First International Symposium On Fishing Vessel Energy Efficiency ‘E-Fishing’, Vigo, Spain, May 2010.
(PDF, 165KB)

RECENT ADVANCES IN RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL TESTING
Barry Deakin and Dickon Buckland
The Second Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium, Annapolis, MD, March 2010.
(PDF, 1MB)

ARE THREE HULLS BETTER THAN TWO ?
Ian Campbell
SAIL, February 2010.
(PDF, 11MB)

COMPLEX GEOMETRY, SIMPLE FILES
Andrew Claughton
Ship and Boat International, January/February 2010.
(PDF, 392KB)

2009

COMPOSITE RIGGING FOR LARGE SAILING SUPERYACHTS
Andrew Claughton, Ewan McLellan and Humphrey Bunyan
SNAME 2009 - Providence, RI, October 2009.

DEVELOPMENT OF VERY SIMPLE STABILITY AND LOADING GUIDANCE
Barry Deakin
World Fishing Exhibition - Vigo, Spain, September 2009.
(PDF, 348KB)

BLOW BACK TO YOUR ROOTS – THE SUPERYACHT AND THE WIND TUNNEL
Martyn Prince and Sandy Wright
The Yacht Report, July / August.

STABILITY REGULATION OF VERY LARGE SAILING YACHTS
Barry Deakin
10th International Conference on Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles - St Petersburg, Russia, June 2009
(PDF, 208KB)

AVOIDING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS IN MOTOR YACHT DESIGN
Barry Deakin and Matteo Scarponi
3rd Yacht Engineering Forum - Seatec, Carrara, Italy, 5-7 February 2009
(Abstract, PDF, 626KB)

MORE VARIABLES... MORE SOLUTIONS
Sandy Wright and Martyn Prince
Seahorse Magazine, January 2009.

2008

LIFTING LINE METHOD FOR MODELLING COVERING AND BLANKETING EFFECTS FOR YACHT FLEET RACE SIMULATION
Thomas Spenkuch, Stephen Turnock, Matteo Scarponi and R Ajit Shenoi
3rd High Performance Yacht Design Conference, Auckland, NZ, 2-4 December 2008
(Abstract, PDF, 136KB)

DEVELOPMENT OF A VPP BASED RATING FOR J-CLASS YACHTS
Clay Oliver, John Robinson
20th International HISWA Symposium on “Yacht Design and Yacht Construction”, Amsterdam, 17 & 18 November 2008.
(PDF, 320KB)

CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENT TO SAIL AERODYNAMICS IN THE ORC INTERNATIONAL HANDICAP RULE
Andy Claughton, Fabio Fossati, Davide Battistin, Sara Muggiasca
20th International HISWA Symposium on “Yacht Design and Yacht Construction”, Amsterdam, 17 & 18 November 2008.
(PDF, 475KB)

THE USE OF CFD IN MODELLING BLANKETING EFFECTS FOR YACHT RACE SIMULATIONS.
Thomas Spenkuch, Stephen Turnock, Alexander Wright and R Ajit Shenoi
In, 11th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium, Brest, France,7-9 September 2008. 126-131, 2008.

EVALUATION OF THE ROLL PREDICTION METHOD IN THE WEATHER CRITERION
Barry Deakin
International Journal of Maritime Engineering, Vol. 150 Part A2, 2008.
(PDF, 268KB)

AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SLIDER PHYSIQUE AND DESCENT TIME FOR BOB SKELETON.
James Roche, Stephen Turnock and Alexander Wright
In, Estivalet, Margaret and Brisson, Pierre (eds.) The Engineering of Sport 7, Springer, 101-110, 2008.

DEVELOPMENT OF A SAILING SIMULATOR ENVIRONMENT FOR ASSESSING AND IMPROVING CREW PERFORMANCE
Thomas Spenkuch, Stephen Turnock, Matteo Scarponi, R Ajit Shenoi
In, Estivalet, Margaret and Brisson, Pierre (eds.) The Engineering of Sport 7, Springer, 65-76.

INCLUDING HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN THE DYNAMIC MODEL OF A SAILING YACHT:
A COMBINED SHIP SCIENCE-BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE APPROACH TOWARDS A WINNING YACHT-SAILOR COMBINATION
Matteo Scarponi
PhD Thesis, January 2008

2007

INCLUDING HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN THE DYNAMIC MODEL OF A SAILING YACHT: A MATLAB-Simulink® BASED TOOL
Matteo Scarponi, R Ajit Shenoi, Stephen R Turnock and Paolo Conti
R.I.N.A. International Conference on the Modern Yacht, Southampton, UK, October 2007.

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF SMALL VESSELS WHEN RUN DOWN
Barry Deakin
International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships, Hamburg, Germany, September 2007
(PDF, 591KB)

2006

DEVELOPING SIMPLE SAFETY GUIDANCE FOR FISHERMEN
Barry Deakin
9th International Conference on Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, Rio de Janeiro, September 2006
(PDF, 285KB)

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING THE STABILITY AND STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE VOLVO OPEN 70 RULE
Ian Campbell, Andrew Claughton and Barry Deakin
2nd High Performance Yacht Design Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2006

EXPERIMENTS ON THE SURVIVABILITY OF SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS IN COLLISIONS
Barry Deakin
R.I.N.A. Conference on Learning From Marine Incidents, London, January 2006.
* Awarded the RINA Medal of Distinction.
(PDF, 1.75MB)

2005

AS THE BATTLE RAGES... (or VPPs, what are they and what are they good for ?)
John Robinson
Seahorse International Sailing Magazine, Article p37-p39 Issue 306, August 2005
(PDF, 564KB)

DEVELOPMENT OF STABILITY AND LOADING INFORMATION FOR SMALL FISHING VESSELS
Barry Deakin
Second International Coastal Symposium
at Hofn, the town of Hornafjordur, Iceland, 5 – 8 June 2005
(PDF, 893KB)

DEPLOYMENT OF LIFERAFTS FROM CAPSIZED OR SINKING VESSELS
Barry Deakin
Second International Coastal Symposium
at Hofn, the town of Hornafjordur in Iceland, 5 – 8 June 2005
(PDF, 112KB)

AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE STABILITY CRITERIA OF THE HSC CODE
Barry Deakin
International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST’2005, St.Petersburg, Russia, 27-30 June 2005
(PDF, 289KB)

WIND HEELING MOMENTS ON MULTIHULL VESSELS
Barry Deakin and Alexander M. Wright
International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST’2005, St.Petersburg, Russia, 27-30 June 2005
(PDF, 1.75MB)

DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLIFIED STABILITY AND LOADING INFORMATION FOR FISHERMEN
Barry Deakin
R.I.N.A. Conference on Fishing Vessels, Newcastle, 13 & 14 April 2005
(PDF, 973KB)

2004

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR CANTING KEEL YACHTS
Andrew Claughton, Wolfson Unit M.T.I.A., University of Southampton & Clay Oliver, Yacht Research International, U.K.
18th International HISWA Symposium on “Yacht Design and Yacht Construction”, Amsterdam, 15 & 16 November 2004
(PDF, 287KB)

2003

DEVELOPMENTS IN HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE MODELS FOR VELOCITY PREDICTION PROGRAMS
Andrew Claughton, J.C. Oliver
R.I.N.A. International Conference on the Modern Yacht, 17 and 18 September 2003

THE TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE ROYAL YACHTING ASSOCIATION PORTSMOUTH YARDSTICK SCHEME
Stuart Cresswell, Ken Kershaw & Jason Smithwick
R.I.N.A. International Conference on the Modern Yacht, 17 and 18 September 2003

REFINEMENT OF YACHT SUPERSTRUCTURES WITH THE AID OF WIND TUNNEL TESTS.
Deakin, B.
Project USA Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 2003
(PDF, 230KB)

CHANGES TO SAIL AERODYNAMICS IN THE IMS RULE.
Teeters, J., Ranzenbach, R. & Prince, M.
The 16th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March 2003

2002

THE ACCURACY AND REPEATABILITY OF TANK TESTING, FROM EXPERIENCE OF ACC YACHT DEVELOPMENT.
Campbell, I., Robinson, J. & Brown, M.
High Performance Yacht Design Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, RINA, December 2002

SAILING SHIP PERFORMANCE - CORRELATION OF MODEL TESTS WITH FULL SCALE
Deakin B.
Design & Operation of Sail Training & Charter Vessels, RINA, May 2002
(PDF, 1.31MB)

2001

THE STABILITY OF BEAM TRAWLERS
Deakin B.
R.I.N.A. International Conference on Small Craft Safety, May 2001

MODEL TESTS TO STUDY CAPSIZE AND STABILITY OF SAILING MULTIHULLS
Deakin B.
The 15th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, January 2001
(PDF, 1.16MB)

2000

STABILISING SHIPS FOR HELICOPTER OPERATIONS
Prince M.P.
PhD Thesis December 2000

ENHANCED DESIGN PERFORMANCE PREDICTION METHODS FOR RUDDERS OPERATING DOWNSTREAM OF A PROPELLER
Smithwick J.E.T.
PhD Thesis April 2000

DEPLOYMENT OF LIFERAFTS FROM CAPSIZED OR SINKING VESSELS
Deakin B.
Sea Australia 2000, Sydney, February 2000
(PDF, 56KB)

MODEL TESTS TO STUDY CAPSIZE AND STABILITY OF SAILING MULTIHULLS
Deakin B.
STAB2000, Tasmania, February 2000
(PDF 2.45MB)

1999

THE PRELIMINARY TESTING OF H(infinity) ROLL FIN STABILISATION THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
Prince M.P., Wilson, P.A.
Twelfth Ship Control Systems Symposium, The Hague, NDL, 19-21 October 1999

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IMS VPP FORMULATIONS
Claughton A.R.,
The Fourteenth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March, (SNAME) 1999
* Awarded the Captain Richards T. Miller Prize by SNAME for the best paper presented to CSYS in 1999.

A PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF CHINE AND ROUND BILGE HULLS
Robinson J.L.
Hydrodynamics of High Speed Crafts, (RINA) November 1999

1998

PRACTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE REFLEX 28 KEEL AND RUDDER
Smithwick J.E.T. and Turnock Dr. S.R.,
R.I.N.A. International Conference on the Modern Yacht, 18 and 19 March 1998

THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFWIND SAILS OBTAINED FROM WIND TUNNEL TESTS
Campbell I.M.C.,
R.I.N.A. International Conference on the Modern Yacht, 18 and 19 March 1998

MODEL TESTS TO ASSESS THE MANOEUVRING OF PLANING CRAFT
Deakin B.,
15th HISWA Symposium on Yacht design and Construction, November 1998
(PDF, 3.58MB)

HEAVY WEATHER SAILING
K. Adlard Coles. Revised by Peter Bruce
Chapter 32 “The Stability of Yachts in Large Breaking Waves”
Claughton A.R.

SAILING YACHT DESIGN THEORY
Edited by Claughton, Wellicome, & Shenoi
Longman 1998
ISBN 9780 8543 28291
Also see our WEGEMT Books page.

SAILING YACHT DESIGN PRACTICE.
Edited by Claughton, Wellicome, & Shenoi
Longman 1998
ISBN 9780 8543 28307
Also see our WEGEMT Books page.

DESIGN STUDIES OF THE MANOEUVRING PERFORMANCE OF RUDDER-PROPELLER SYSTEMS
J.E.T. Smithwick, A.F. Molland and S.R.Turnock.
PRADS Conference, September 1998.

1997

MODEL TESTS IN SUPPORT OF THE DESIGN OF A 50 METRE BARQUE
Deakin B.,
The Thirteenth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, January, 1997
(PDF, 3.86MB)

OPTIMISATION OF A SAILING RIG USING WIND TUNNEL DATA
Campbell I.M.C.
The Thirteenth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, 1997

THE USE OF MODEL TESTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF RNLI SLIPWAY LAUNCHED LIFEBOATS
Deakin B. & Campbell I.M.C.,
SURV IV : Surveillance, Pilot &​ Rescue Craft for the 21st Century, Gothenburg, 13-14 May 1997
(PDF, 4.86MB)

HULL & APPENDAGE DESIGN FOR LARGE SAILING YACHTS
A.R. Claughton CEng,
Project '97, Amsterdam, 19 - 21st November, 1997

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO COMMON SHIP MOTION PROBLEMS
Deakin B., & Weynberg P.A.,
Project '97, Amsterdam, 19 - 21st November, 1997

MODEL TESTS STEER DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW LIFEBOAT HULL
Deakin B.,
Safety at Sea International, June 1997.

THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY
Deakin B.,
Cruising Helmsman, April 1997.

HULL & APPENDAGE DESIGN FOR LARGE SAILING YACHTS
Claughton A.R.,
Project '97, Amsterdam, 19 - 21st November, 1997

1995

DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL VELOCITY PREDICTION PROGRAM (VPP) OR SAILING YACHTS
Oliver J.C., Yacht Research International Inc., Annapolis, and
Claughton A.R.,
R.I.N.A. International Conference CADAP '95

1994

WIND TUNNEL TESTING OF SAILING YACHT RIGS
Campbell I.M.C. and Claughton A.R.,
Paper presented at, and published in proceedings for the 13th International Symposium on “Yacht Design and Yacht Construction” H.I.S.W.A., Amsterdam 14th & 15th November, 1994

MULTIHULL STABILITY - THE CAPSIZE OF A SAILING TRIMARAN PROMPTS A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE NEW CODE OF PRACTICE
Deakin B.,
Ship & Boat International, November 1994

MODEL TESTS TO DETERMINE SINKING MODES OF SMALL TRAWLERS
Deakin B.,
Ship & Boat International, April, 1994

1993

PERFORMANCE PREDICTION FOR LARGE SAILING YACHTS
Claughton A.R.,
3rd Yacht & Smallcraft Design Symposium, May 1993

SEAKEEPING MEASUREMENTS ON HIGH SPEED VESSELS
Campbell I.M.C. and Weynberg P.A.,
International Conference on High Speed Passenger Craft - Future Developments and the Nordic Initiative, London, 1993

MOTIONS OF HIGH SPEED VESSELS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PASSENGERS AND CREW
Weynberg P.A. and Campbell I.M.C.,
Ninth International High Speed Surface Craft Conference, Singapore, 1993

JAPAN-GUAM RACE TRAGEDY
Deakin B.,
Seahorse, February, 1993

STABILITY ASSESSMENT - THE STATE OF THE ART
Deakin B.,
Seahorse, March, 1993

1991

METHODS OF ASSESSING THE SAFETY OF CRUISING YACHTS IN TERMS OF THEIR STABILITY
Deakin B.,
The Seaworthy Cruising Yacht Conference, RINA, November, 1991
(PDF, 1.08MB)

MODEL TEST TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGATE THE WIND HEELING CHARACTERISTICS OF SAILING VESSELS AND THEIR RESPONSE TO GUSTS
Deakin B.
10th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, February, 1991
* Awarded the Captain Richards T. Miller Prize by SNAME for the best paper presented to CSYS in 1991.
(PDF, 3.8MB)

1990

THE DEVELOPMENT OF STABILITY STANDARDS FOR U.K. SAILING VESSELS
Deakin B.,
RINA Spring Meetings 1990
* Awarded the RINA Silver Medal for the best paper presented to the Institution in 1991
(PDF, 7.2MB)

MEASUREMENT OF THE SEAKEEPING OF TWO FAST LIFEBOATS
Campbell I.M.C.,
R.I.N.A. International Conference on Surveillance Pilot and Rescue Craft for the 21st Century, 1990

STABILITY OF SAIL TRAINING VESSELS
Deakin B.,
Ship & Boat International, June 1990

1989

THE EFFECT OF COUNTER LENGTH ON HULL RESISTANCE
Claughton A.R.,
The Ninth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March, 1989

1988

SAILING VESSEL STABILITY - A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART AND PROPOSALS FOR WORTHWHILE RESEARCH
Deakin B.,
New England Sailing Yacht Symposium, March, 1988.

1987

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRESS IN YACHT DESIGN THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF MODEL YACHT CHARACTERISTICS
Claughton A.R., Howlett I., and Stollery R.,
The Eighth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March 1987

THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS FROM TANK TESTS ON 12M YACHTS
Campbell I.M.C. and Claughton A.R.,
The Eighth Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March, 1987

1986

EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE THE VORTICES SHED FROM A SUBMARINE-LIKE BODY OF REVOLUTION
Lloyd A.R.J.M. and Campbell I.M.C.
AGARD Conference No. 413 on Aerodynamic and Related Hydrodynamic Studies Using Water Facilities, Monterey, 1986

1984

THE DYNAMIC STABILITY OF SAILING YACHTS IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES
Claughton A.R.,
International Conference on Design Considerations for Small Craft, February 1984

THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN A MARINE CONSULTANCY ORGANISATION
Weynberg P.A. and Claughton A.R.
RINA Small Craft Group - International Conference on Computers and Small Craft, February 1984

1983

DEVELOPMENT OF LIFEBOAT LAUNCHING SYSTEMS FOR OFFSHORE RIGS AND PLATFORMS
Campbell I.M.C. and Claughton A.R.,
International Conference on Marine Survival Craft, Liferafts, Lifeboats, Survival Systems in association with The Nautical Institute, November 1983

DEVELOPMENT OF LIFEBOAT LAUNCHING SYSTEMS FOR OFFSHORE RIGS AND PLATFORMS
Campbell I.M.C. and Claughton A.R., and Kingswood A.R.
R.I.N.A. International Conference on Marine Survival Craft, London, 1983

1982

SELF-PITCHING PROPELLERS
Coxon J. and Claughton A.R.,
RINA Small Craft Group International Symposium on Propulsion for Small Craft, November 1982

1979

SLAM LOAD HISTORIES ON CYLINDERS
Campbell I.M.C. and Weynberg P.A.,
Conference of Environmental Forces on Engineering Structures, London, 1979

MODEL AND FULL SCALE STEERING TRIALS ON A 50 TONNE FUEL TANKER
Weynberg P.A.,
RINA Conference on the Operation of Small Ships in Shallow Water, London, 1979

1978

PRELIMINARY DESIGN USING THE COMPUTER
Wellicome J.F., Weynberg P.A., Wilson P.A.,
Third International Offshore Craft Conference, London. 1978

Ship Science Research Papers

INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF PROPELLER LOADING ON A SHIP RUDDER IN THE BOLLARD (J=0) CONDITION.
J.E.T. Smithwick, A.F. Molland, S.R.Turnock.
Ship Science Report No. 94, February 1996.

WIND TUNNEL TESTS ON THE INFLUENCE OF PROPELLER LOADING AND THE EFFECT OF A SHIP HULL ON SKEG RUDDER PERFORMANCE.
J.E.T. Smithwick, A.F. Molland, S.R.Turnock.
Ship Science Report No. 90, July 1995.

REPORT ON MODEL TESTS TO ASSESS THE USE OF DROGUES AND SIMILAR DEVICES TO PREVENT YACHT CAPSIZE IN BREAKING WAVES
Claughton A.R.,
Ship Science Report No. 35.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STABILITY OF SAILING YACHTS IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES
Claughton A.R. and Handley P.,
Ship Science Report No. 15.