Insight

Firstly, you’ll find that it gives you a whole new insight into the technicalities of yacht construction. When you’re following someone else’s plan, you just put things where they are because that’s what the plan says. But when you’re designing a hull, you put things where they are because you’ve developed an insight into the design and that’s where you think they will be most effective. The same goes for shapes and sizes. It’s the difference between a blind man following a handrail and a sighted man boldly striding out on his own into new, unknown territory. There’s just no comparison!

Flexibility

Secondly, you get flexibility. Following someone else’s design means that, if you want to achieve the right end result, you have to follow their instructions to the letter. If you don’t, you’ll end up with bits that don’t fit where they should fit or that don’t match up with the other bits that you haven’t changed. If you draw up your own yacht design it yourself you can modify your design as you go along.

Check and go

Not that I’d recommend it, but sometimes, as you proceed with your build, you’ll suddenly come up with an idea for an improvement or a realization that something could be done better. In that case you can go back to your yacht design and re-jig it as necessary. Check the hydrostatic and drag calculations to determine the effect of your changes, and carry on. Improving as you go.

The key to all this is having the software to realize your yacht design and develop it as you work through the construction phase. The average Joe could never have afforded such software in the past but fortunately for us there’s now software that will enable you to do all this and more for just a fraction of the price that it used to be.

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