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more general question to m-yacht-designers

looking on your threads for a while let me ask a more general question:

What is the secret of the long edges on the sides of real hulls, that every designer avoid to show in his renderings? (you see i'm not used to maritime terms but you can see them on nearly every photo of yachts).
It look like a very more necessary thing than to put the bumper-ropes (?) on for safe distance. Sometimes every deck seems to heave such outer edges.

The reason to ask this here is: That is an very important thing to the view and impression of the whole form. It's like the side view mirror at cars but for the first impression of a yacht even more signifying.
I do archit. renderings and model some actual yachts for some harbour projects. (choosing them onlly for their optical impress, nothing else).
So i head to consider the importance of this lines that can support the rythm or spoil it completely.
You as designers do renderings. Why so often let away this basic lines?

Tom Tom,
are you talking about curb ribs in German called "Scheuerleisten"? The curb ribs have the function to protect the hull, if you are going aside kais, in this case fenders give not enough safety. In most cases the ribs they are out of stainless steel and could be a very good design item and not only for function as you already mentioned.


Cheers

Bernd

What the?!?

I hope that mannequin is simply practicing its swimming stroke!