Articles & Papers

Here you will find several articles and papers which will give a good idea of my philosophy and a few of the things I have learned about over the past 36 years. Please contact us and we will supply article extracts on a by request basis.


  Articles:

1972
Powerboat & Watersport:

Profile of Highland Fling

1973
Powerboat & Watersport:

Designer Profile No.3

1974
Power Boat Heineken II

Rio Balsas Marathon

1981
International Boat Industry:

From Toothpicks to Tricycles

1981
Powerboating:

The Scorpio Sorcerer 538S - Boat Test

1982
Powerboating:

Plancraft Stingray - Boat Test

1982
Powerboating:

Glastron T160 - Boat Test

1982
Powerboating:

Boston Whaler Montauk 17 - Boat Test

1982
Powerboat:

Hot Boat of the Month - Triton 308

1982
Powerboat & Cruiser:

The Secret Formula

1982
Powerboat & Cruiser:


Sunseeker 31 - Test

1987
Powerboat & Waterskiing:

Puma 18 Sports Dory

1987
Powerboat & Waterskiing:

Shakespere Sigma XS

1988
Powerboat & Waterskiing:

Sunray Sceptre Delux

1988
Powerboat & Waterskiing:

Shadow 26

1990
Ship & Boat
International:

Striking the Spark

1992
Sportsboat:


Principles of Design

1992
Sportsboat:

Know Your Hull Design

2000
HotRIBS:

Stepped Hulls

2000
HotRIBS:

Porpoising

2001
HotRIBS:

Trimming Devices

2001
HotRIBS:

Hull Blueprinting

2002
HotRIBS:

Propellers

2003
RIB International:

High Performance Hull Design

2003
Multihull International:

Lorne Campbell - Author: Kevin Desmond

 

 

   

Technical Letters:

1995
Professional Boatbuilder:

Curing Dynamic Instability

1998
Professional Boatbuilder:

Fast Boats That Don't Break

2000
Professional Boatbuilder:

Steppin' Up

2005
Professional Boatbuilder:

Stepped Hulls

 

 

 

 


Lectures:

1990
Royal Institution of Naval Architects:

Offshore Racing Powercraft Design

1991
Southampton University:

Design & Operation of Trimaran Powercraft

1991
Southampton Maritime Trust:

Offshore Powerboat Racing

1998
Newcastle University:

Offshore Racing Powercraft

 

 

 

 


Papers:

1994 SURV III Conference
Royal Institution of Naval Architects:

A Modern Stepped Hull for general Purpose Use

2005 Rigid inflatables Conference
Royal Institution of Naval
Architects:

The Development of a New High Payload RIB Concept - with VT Halmatic

2006 High Speed Craft Conference
Royal Institution of Naval Architects:

Breaking the Round Britain Record with a Novel Hull Form - with Navatek Ltd

   
 
 

 

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