I am curious about the position of the vents. As you know Phil, much smaller sailing boats and yachts do have vents that successfully avoid flooding. I don't see why a larger yacht, with a much greater height of the superstructure above main deck, shouldn't be able to implement a safe venting.
I will say one thing, when designing Georgia we were fortunate enough to have the LRS design approval office in the Trieste. Italy. It is full of serious sailors and we're quite cooperative in calculating the compression of the deck plating thickness around the 56+ Mt mast.
Yes, Carol, my experience is that LRS is a more fruitful third-party check on sailing yacht designs than ABS. ABS can be quite strict -- in some ways. For example, on the size of freeing ports even on the skylounge deck of a tri- or quad-deck motor yacht. But maybe not as picky about placement of engine room vents (which have to be pretty large because large diesel engines suck a lot of air, and running a vacuum in the E.R. is seriously detrimental to engine performance). Consequently, I agree with you that one would expect to see ducting incorporated into the house sides of a yacht like Bayesian that carried the E.R. vents up to the level of the upper deck. Same for large HVAC venting. It might not be as elegant in appearance or convivial with panoramic windowing, but it would be significantly safer. And I bet you and Studio Scanu could even make it look pretty good, anyway. Thank you for reading and commenting. I hope you are well.
As usual, Phil has presented a useful review of the proper application of current yacht design, manufacturing, and use standards. Since yachting is a relatively small industry, it will be one of the last to convert from human brain limited concepts (such as righting moments) to standards based upon patterns in data recognizable only by machine intelligence. Phil is also correct in noting that some wealthy yacht owners, engaged in conspicuous consumption, will prioritize other concerns over safety standards, especially standards too complex to be understood completely by humans.
I am curious about the position of the vents. As you know Phil, much smaller sailing boats and yachts do have vents that successfully avoid flooding. I don't see why a larger yacht, with a much greater height of the superstructure above main deck, shouldn't be able to implement a safe venting.
I will say one thing, when designing Georgia we were fortunate enough to have the LRS design approval office in the Trieste. Italy. It is full of serious sailors and we're quite cooperative in calculating the compression of the deck plating thickness around the 56+ Mt mast.
Yes, Carol, my experience is that LRS is a more fruitful third-party check on sailing yacht designs than ABS. ABS can be quite strict -- in some ways. For example, on the size of freeing ports even on the skylounge deck of a tri- or quad-deck motor yacht. But maybe not as picky about placement of engine room vents (which have to be pretty large because large diesel engines suck a lot of air, and running a vacuum in the E.R. is seriously detrimental to engine performance). Consequently, I agree with you that one would expect to see ducting incorporated into the house sides of a yacht like Bayesian that carried the E.R. vents up to the level of the upper deck. Same for large HVAC venting. It might not be as elegant in appearance or convivial with panoramic windowing, but it would be significantly safer. And I bet you and Studio Scanu could even make it look pretty good, anyway. Thank you for reading and commenting. I hope you are well.
As usual, Phil has presented a useful review of the proper application of current yacht design, manufacturing, and use standards. Since yachting is a relatively small industry, it will be one of the last to convert from human brain limited concepts (such as righting moments) to standards based upon patterns in data recognizable only by machine intelligence. Phil is also correct in noting that some wealthy yacht owners, engaged in conspicuous consumption, will prioritize other concerns over safety standards, especially standards too complex to be understood completely by humans.
Thank you, Melvyn, for the kind words. Always good to hear from you.