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This is a space where I offer my insights, wisdom, and craft some engaging and helpful pieces of writing.

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Bulbous Bow Analysis

Bulbous bow, what is it, where did they come from, how do they live?Do you know that geometry like a big “nose” that advances to the front of the ship’s

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Hull Movements

With all its size and quantity of steel, do you imagine that the ship still suffers great mechanical stresses that make it flex and even collapse? Well, there are two

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Draft Marks

Weighting a ship? Just imagine, weighing a ship, that size, has no scale that can handle it! But I answer you with a YES! You: You crazy, boy? Well, basically

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University’s final project

The design of a vessel is premised on its operation needs. In the specific case of sailing yachts, there is a clear distinction between cruising or racing yachts. This distinction

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Rafael Pieper
Naval Architect
Data Science Enthusiast