I would be very thankful if contributions beyond simple "Hey what if ..." are worked out using this template.

www.xs4all.nl/~whijink/formula_12/F12_Crew_weight_analysis_vs_1_10012007_Wouter_Hijink.doc

I used this template to formulize the first entry into this open source design.

I deals with the expected body mass and body lengths (latter being closely related to age) to get a feel for at which F12 crew weight range we have to design this F12.

The advantage of such formalized setup is that if somebody comes along and wants everything explained to him again we can just give him the link.

If he disagrees then he can work out a counter analysis and present that through the same channels. Then the two articles (viewpoints) can be maintained side by side and in time the better one will be incorporated into the design. This is the only way to keep this discussion somewhat under control.

Also Anybody having critique but not making any properly developped counter analyses can then be effectively "processed" and asked to stop wasting time of people who do actually research this stuff in a scientific manner.

I'm looking forward to your contributions.

And yes up till now it was easy, the hard work has just begun ! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Wouter


P.s. when you read the article, take a look at the table and see how the beginning of singlehanded sailing starts just when the doublehanded sailing becomes sluggish. In effect small kids start out doublehanding the boat and when they get too old and big to do so they are ready to start single handing. These two regimes seem to link up nicely.

Wouter