Sail Buyers Guide: Designer Support Services

Designer Support Services

Alan A. Gilbert
(Port Washington, NY USA)
Naval architecture services, Office: Port Washington, NY

Bete-Fleming
(Mattapoisett, MA USA)
Lofting batten stock to 40 ft. length
www.bete-fleming.com

Bruce Pfund
(Westerly, RI)
Fiberglass/composite & coatings technology consultant & inspection, failure analysis
www.bpspecialprojects.com

Burke Design, LLC
(Bristol, RI USA)
Steve Burke - Composite engineering for new construction, modifications, and repairs
www.burkecompositeengineering.com

Edson International
(New Bedford, MA USA)
Bronze spline weights
www.edsonmarine.com

Gerr Marine
(New York, NY USA)
Engineering consulting
www.gerrmarine.com

HydroComp
(Durham, NH USA)
Performance prediction under power, software development
www.hydrocompinc.com

Independent Marine Systems
(Newport, RI USA)
Thermal infrared imaging inspection of composite vessels. Surveying and consulting.
www.infraredboat.com

Design and Engineering Services

•Design and analysis of keels- fins, bulbs, wings, trim tabs, attachments

•Mechanical systems design for canting and lifting keels

•First principals structural calculations and finite element analysis (FEA)

Mars Metal
4140 Morris Dr
(Burlington L7L 5L6, ON Canada)
T 800-381-5335
T 905-637-3862
F 905-637-8841
www.marskeel.com
info@marsmetal.com

Mars Metal
(Burlington, ON Canada)
Keel design assistance, metalurgical information, molding technology.
www.marskeel.com

NVT/NoViTechniek
(Woowich, ME USA)
Acoustic engineering
www.nvtllc.com

SNAME
(Jersey City, NJ USA)
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, professional technical society
www.sname.org

Sail Spars Design
(Storrs, CT)
James Gretzky - Naval architecture & engineering
www.sailspars.com

South Bay Simulations
(Babylon, NY USA)
Bruce Rosen, computational hydrodynamics consulting, SPLASH code
www.panix.com/~brosen

Sponberg Yacht Design
(St. Augustine, FL USA)
Consulting naval architectural services; new designs for sail and power
www.sponbergyachtdesign.com

Stephen L. Davis, Illustrator
(Port Townsend, WA USA)
Technical illustrator
www.stephenldavis.com

Structural Composites
(West Melbourne, FL USA)
Structural & systems design & plan review services, composite testing laboratory
www.structuralcomposites.com

Vacanti Yacht Design
(Renton, WA USA)
Design & analysis of hulls, keels & rudders.
www.vacantisw.com

Wizard Yachts
(Santa Cruz, CA USA)
Bill Lee, design consulting
www.fastisfun.com