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.
1972 Powerboat & Watersport: Profile of Highland Fling1973 Powerboat & Watersport: Designer Profile No.31974 Power Boat Heineken II: Rio Balsas Marathon1981 International Boat Industry: From Toothpicks to Tricycles1981 Powerboating: The Scorpio Sorcerer 538S – Boat Test1982 Powerboating: Plancraft Stingray – Boat Test1982 Powerboating: Glastron T160 – Boat Test1982 Powerboating: Boston Whaler Montauk 17 – Boat Test1982 Powerboat: Hot Boat of the Month – Triton 3081982 Powerboat & Cruiser: The Secret Formula1982 Powerboat & Cruiser: Sunseeker 31 – Test1987 Powerboat & Waterskiing: Puma 18 Sports Dory1987 Powerboat & Waterskiing: Shakespere Sigma XS1988 Powerboat & Waterskiing: Sunray Sceptre Delux1988 Powerboat & Waterskiing: Shadow 261990 Ship & Boat International: Striking the Spark1992 Sportsboat: Principles of Design1992 Sportsboat: Know Your Hull Design2000 HotRIBS: Stepped Hulls2000 HotRIBS: Porpoising2001 HotRIBS: Trimming Devices2001 HotRIBS: Hull Blueprinting2003 RIB International: High Performance Hull Design2003 Multihull International: Lorne Campbell – Author: Kevin Desmond
Technical Letters
1995 Professional Boatbuilder: Curing Dynamic Instability1998 Professional Boatbuilder: Fast Boats That Don’t Break2000 Professional Boatbuilder: Steppin’ Up2005 Professional Boatbuilder: Stepped Hulls
Lectures
1990 Royal Institution of Naval Architects: Offshore Racing Powercraft Design1991 Southampton University: Design & Operation of Trimaran Powercraft1991 Southampton Maritime Trust: Offshore Powerboat Racing1998 Newcastle University: Offshore Racing Powercraft
Papers
1994 SURV III Conference Royal Institution of Naval Architects: A Modern Stepped Hull for general Purpose Use2005 Rigid inflatables Conference Royal Institution of Naval Architects: The Development of a New High Payload RIB Concept – with VT Halmatic2006 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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