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MICRONAUTICAL
DESIGN GALLERY
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We
see a lot in common between small boats and beach cats, canoes, kayaks
and other
personal water crafts and toys including jet skis, surf boards and
sailing boards. It is not just their small size but also the fact that
their passengers' physical attributes (E.G. size, athletic skills) and
behavior determine their performance.
We call this field of design 'Micronautics', which is part Naval Design
but has much to do with Ergonomics, Biomechanics and to some extent
even
with Behavioral Sciences.
To understand the difficulty that micronautical designers face it's
enough to realize that while a supertanker can cross the Pacific Ocean
on autopilot there is no computerized system that can successfully
control a kayak in the surf, or sail a moth.
We created this website for designers of such small, personal water
crafts
and water sports equipment I.E. 'micronautical' designers who may be
looking for new directions for
solving problems in their respective domains.
Traditional catamarans of all sizes are wider, stabler and faster than
monohull boats of comparable size. The W boat concept is
applicable to small, personal boats of various types, and it offers to
increase their stability without decreasing their speed or increasing
their width.
In essence, the W boat concept offers increased stability by width
without paying a price in speed terms.
There are far more possibilities offered by the W boat concept than
shown in this page. Some of these possibilities are presented in our
main company website wavewalk.com
The W technology is proprietary and protected by U.S. utility patent
number 6,871,608 'Twin Hull Personal Watercraft', which the US Patent
and Trademark Office website makes available online. It is also
patent pending in Canada.
The Saddle and The Hulls
Figure 1 - Cross
Section of Different Width W Hulls
Figure 2
- Cross section of 25" wide W kayak (existing commercial product)
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Figure 3
- Cross section of possible 29" beam W kayak /
canoe
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Figures 1, 2 and 3 describe how it's possible to
design W boats of various width, shape and load capacity while
maintaining the same saddle, which is the structural element that
connects the two hulls and serves as a longitudinal seat for the
passengers.
Outriggers / Trimaran /
Quadramaran W Kayaks
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Figure 4
Dual
Outrigger W Sailing
'Quadramaran' configuration.
500 lb max. load
capacity -
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Figure 5
Outrigger Tandem W Kayak with increased load
capacity.
We tested such configurations for both paddling and sailing with
remarkable results: Two adults can easily stand in the cockpit while
paddling or sailing.
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Figures 4 and 5 show how it's possible to take a
10'2" (310 cm) long W kayak and increase both its load capacity and
lateral stability for tandem and sailing applications.
Sea Kayaks - Touring Kayaks
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Figure 6
A solo W sea kayak
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Figure 7
A tandem W touring kayak
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Figure 8 - Solo W sea kayak (no
paddling standing option)
Figure 9 -
Tandem W touring kayak
Figures 6 - 9 show a variety of possible W sea and
touring kayaks. Naturally, there are far more possibilities.
Canoe
Figure 10 -
Two person canoe
Dinghies
Figure 11 - Rowing / paddling dinghy
Figure 12 - Multi-purpose dinghy
'Dinghy' has become a kind of generic name for a
class of small boats, and can be applied from a small rowing tender to
an
ultra fast sailing 'Moth'. Figures 11 and 12 just add
to the confusion...
Sailing Dinghies / Catamarans
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Figure 13
Sailing Dinghy - Catamaran
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Figure 14
Sailing Dinghy - Catamaran
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Dinghies
are narrower than catamarans. Catamarans are operated from a platform
that connects both hulls. W dinghies are in some aspects
narrow catamarans but they can be operated from a lower level, I.E.
from within their
hull/s.
Motorboats
Figure 16 - W
Personal Watercraft
PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS:
WAVEWALK, INC.
83 Adams Avenue West Newton,
MA 02465,
USA
Tel:
(617) 916-2250 Email: MICRONAUTICAL_DESIGNS
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NEW:
W Fishing Kayak With
Electric Trolling Motor
Dan Carroll, a kayak
fisherman from Vermont outfitted his W kayak with a 36 lb thrust,
electric trolling motor and unique steering system. Read more
Rowing W Boat With Outriggers
Wayne Taylor, a kayak fisherman from
Florida created this unique boat.
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John
Forney's Wooden and Skin-on-Frame W Boats
John
Forney, a boat designer and builder from Texas is smiling to the
camera while standing in his first, 12 ft long, wooden W boat. Read
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W boat used as a tender for a big sailing
catamaran:
Read full story
Motorized W
Boat
Are
you intrigued by the possibility of walking on water? Check our
This invention is
protected by U.S. utility patents number 6,764,363 and 7,121,910
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A 15' long W kayak
We tested an experimental, 15 ft long W kayak made from two smaller
W kayaks welded together...
The results showed that with all parameters unchanged except length,
the speed, stability and load capacity increased.
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