TONELLI , A.

After a long period in which the most attractive characteristic of a motor yacht was represented by her maximum speed, nowadays the target has moved towards comfort on board which became the fundamental parameter to deal with in the yacht design process. Noise and vibration, together with seakeeping behaviour, became the fundamental subjects on...

Since numerical structural calculations of sailing yachts' rigs strictly depend on the dock tuning load (DTL), it is necessary to evaluate it during vessels' normal operations even when it cannot be estimated by load cells installed onboard. In this paper, a novel approach for the determination of the pre-tension load of stays and shrouds for...