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August 7, 2014Martime History

Miss America X

I am fascinated by the early generation of high-speed powerboats from the early part of the 20th century. These vessels had some […]

August 6, 2014Martime History, Surface Piercing Propeller

First aircraft carrier fitted with surface piecing propellers

The surface piercing propeller was invented prior to World War I by the Canadian Albert Hickman. His logic being that at high […]

August 1, 2014August 7, 2014Computational Fluid Dynamics

MANIAC – Linux cluster for OpenFOAM

This is my new computer, named after the 50s era Princeton valve computer the mathematical analyser, numerical integrator, and computer, which is […]

August 1, 2014Cyclone moorings

Avoid a Grade T time bomb

Alloy chain, normally sold as grade T or grade 800 is typically 2 to 3 times stronger than the chain normally used […]

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014Computational Fluid Dynamics

More CFD computing power

While it may have taken a few years, I finally have a computer that can work out how water will flow around […]

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  • COMMUNITY BRIEFING NOTE 10 – Can the ferry time table follow the train time table?
  • Community Briefing Note 09 – You can still swim in Matilda Bay. But where, and will you want to?
  • Community Briefing Note 08 -The Development Application does not contain the full wake picture
  • COMMUNITY BRIEFING NOTE 07 – Preference to “fact” – How robust is the Matilda bay multi criteria analysis?
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