The return of the men in lab coats

Third High Performance Yacht Design Conference to take place December next year

The third High Performance Yacht Design Conference will be held on 2-4 December 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Following on from the success of the last two conferences, the conference organisers are inviting papers on a broad spectrum of topics covering the design of high performance yachts and power craft.

- Performance prediction and measurement
- Wind tunnel and towing tank technology
- Regulations and rating rules
- Computational methods
- Materials and structural analysis
- Hull and appendage design

Those wishing to submit papers should visit www.hpyd.org.nz for details of how to do this.

See our report from the second High Performance Yacht Design Conference here.