25th WEGEMT School

Small Craft Technology

Athens October 6 -11 1997
ISBN Number 1 900 453 05 3

Published by WEGEMT
These proceedings result from a six day event which was hosted and delivered by the National Technical University of Athens, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. It brought together a team of presenters from all over Europe, noted for their expertise and experience in the related topics. The School focused on largely neglected but nevertheless important sectors of the maritime industry, namely the small craft/boat shipbuilding and operating sectors. It covered aspects of the design, construction and operation of small ships in the light of new market trends and recent technological developments and addressed a variety of aspects for marine craft up to approximately 40m in length. this included commercial and naval fast vessels, multi-hulls, ferries and pleasure craft, rescue boats and sailing craft, small naval and patrol vessels.
The school reviewed the fundamentals of small craft design and the methodologies and tools available to small shipbuilders, design offices and operators. Practical examples, exercises and small case studies were used to illustrate the theoretical aspects. The course program was structured into four main modules:

• Design and Hydrodynamics
• Materials and Construction
• Machinery and Outfitting
• Navigation and Operation

This publication will be of significant interest to postgraduate students in naval architecture, ocean and mechanical engineering, practicing engineers from SME shipyards, designers of small craft and operators, small boat suppliers and outfitters, navy and coast guard personnel. The table below gives details of the papers contained in this two volume publication.

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