Mike Kajan Yacht Designs

Interesting news regarding the 3D possibilities. What program would you recommend for a novice user? English is not my native language either, so I thinks yours’ just fine

Thanks, Designova!
Yes, hopefully I’m picking up new “tricks” as I go but on the 200m designs, I could allow myself to skip certain details since they wouldn’t show up due to the 640 resolution limitation but on the smaller designs I’m not getting away that easy.

Dyna Rig

Yet again, the 70m concept with a different rig.

100m

Dyna Rig or "Falcon Rig".

36m

...last sailboat for a while.

Thanks for the tip! I'll try to download a demo.

Thanks, mkmillenium! I guess all designers have their own relation to the sea and different ways of approaching boat design depending on personal “entry level”.
A design student with little or no sea-time will probably take a lot of influence from the futuristic and Sci-Fi orientated designs out there today, like in cars, toasters and what not. In these designs, practical issues like easy access to window cleaning, smoke from exhaust and such might not be an important factor or even come in to consideration.

A designer with some practical experience might even start with these practical issues close at hand and end up with something slightly less Sci-Fi, but a design closer to becoming a reality in a near future.

All these aspects of design have been thoroughly discussed in the latest design threads and some of the inputs are really good and reflects upon the matter in a clever way.

As for myself, I design boats that I personally would enjoy today, with my moderate sea-time and experience lurking in the background

I’ll try to design something more “Sci-Fi”, to be continued…

I’m sorry, but I think you misunderstood me completely. I wasn’t referring to you or your work as a student work. I´m only reflecting on the ongoing discussions regarding design and was trying to explain the different levels of experience and “entry level” as I see it. Nothing more, nothing less.

I did get your proposal though, hence the comment on designing something more “Sci-Fi”

80m

…slightly more Sci-Fi. This one’s for you mkmillenium. Cheers!

…well, this might not be a ”2100” design either, but perhaps a 2035?

We probably still seek more efficient ways of travelling through water but I think this old wave piercing catamaran hull design still works. In this case you will have the advantage of low drag and a stable ride in combination with a lot of interior space. You also have the possibility to go slow and still be fuel efficient so I went for the wave piercing catamaran option instead of any hydrofoil ones.
I hope people still have the need to be close to the water, so the possibility to take a stroll on deck is a must have. I also think glass will continue to play a big role in the “future”. This concept will have big “Nano” windows with no need for everyday cleaning. These windows should automatically shade the glass depending on sun intensity and angle but also have the ability to change colour. At night you can have them illuminated as a complement to the underwater lighting. The windows have solar cells built in and take care of most of the electrical need.

There is of course, no need for any visible antennas, that’s so 2010.
I’m not going to speculate in propulsion, but it will of course be clean, cheap and extremely eco friendly

My 2D design makes it a little bit hard to distinguish, but the middle hull is supposed to be out of the water, making it a catamaran.
All navigation and communication is satellite based so any forward looking antennas are a way of the past. The traditional funnel with exhaust is no longer needed since all “exhaust” or possible bi-product, depending on engine choice, is eco friendly and dealt with in other ways. But of course you could have a funnel for pure aesthetics if the design is becoming too futuristic.

Evolution

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