Loftsman wanted.

Last Friday one more production lines fairing for the big fishing vessel was finished.

I didn’t count how many of them was done for last 20 years, but for sure more than several hundreds. That was different customers and different type of vessels. From small yacht to big offshore supply vessel, from ferry to fishing boat. Many them you can see and it is a great filling, that some piece of your soul is in the hull shape.  Ship’s hull is like a huge sculpture, monument of engineering thought in the fight against the sea. It is always a compromise between beauty and rationality, functionality and seaworthiness. At same time, it is not possible to make good shape if you not consider hull production aspects. Every day designers and shipbuilders face the shape problems and fix it somehow. Many years ago, loftsman’s keep a lot of secrets how to make faired surfaces, develop shell plates.  Now we have a computer, but problem is steel there. We just change tool.

It will be interesting to know how hull shape designed in different companies, what problems can have happened. What software is used for hull lines fairing. What guys from workshop think about hull lines quality now in comparison with lines 20-30 years ago.  There is not so many people involved into this business. So, in is quite important to know each other, exchange some information, and, maybe help. Please let me know your opinion. If it will be interesting we can make an group in Linkedin.