A New Hull

The new hull for the 2015 IRSR competition is underway and looking great thus far. This hull form has undergone a few revisions and is currently in the stages of analysis using software such as GHS and hopefully ANSYS CFX. Some upcoming changes to the hull form include:

• Adding more buoyancy to the bow to reduce trim when running
• Attempt to ensure that her natural pitch frequency is nowhere near that of the expected wave frequency, since this was a problem that was seen with Trixie.
• any changes resulting from the construction design, such as implementing a crash bow similar to Trixie's bow.

It is expected that within the next couple weeks, the construction of the mold will begin.

Aside from a new hull, the team is also redesigning a new bulb, redesigning the sail plan, a new rudder and a complete overhaul of the electronics system.