 Sunfish/Laser
Company - VGYD
was contracted by the Sunfish/Laser Company to redesign the tiller head
on their Sunfish and Lasers. An extensive structural analysis was
conducted to assess the failure mode of the part. The strength of the
re-engineered tiller head was confirmed with an FE analysis, verifying
the design and the configuration of the new product tooling.
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 Spirit
of Canada -
VGYD was contracted by Derek Hatfield to help engineer his Bob Dresser
designed Open Class 40 "Spirit of Canada", which competed in the 2002
Around the World Alone Challenge. The structural design has taken full
advantage of the latest composite technology to produce a strong,
lightweight, composite structure capable of withstanding the riggers of
extreme ocean conditions.
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  Corbin
41 - Van
Gorkom Yacht Design was hired by Collin Harty, to engineer the
composite chainplates for his Corbin 41 "Galene". In the process of
designing the structure for the chainplates a new righting moment curve
had to be created and a new rig plan had to configured. The client's
testimonial shows, the experience of building the new chainplates was a
very good one. "VGYD was truly a pleasure to work with. They made a
concerted effort to understand my intent for the boat and design a
solution appropriate to my skill level and technical constraints. VGYD
produced the design very quickly, the drawings were detailed and easy
to follow, and they provided ongoing follow-up support to make sure
fabrication went smoothly."
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  VG-Mount
Gay 30 - The
VG30 was designed, engineered and built to the ABS Offshore
Racing rule. The boat's composite structure ensures a high level of
strength and hull integrity in anticipation of heavy offshore sailing
conditions. The structural design of the VG30 makes widespread use of
advanced laminate analysis techniques, and applies them to produce a
strong, lightweight, and tough boat. The hull and deck are constructed
of wet-preg, epoxy/e-glass laminates over CoreCell foam and end-grain
balsa cores, vacuum-bagged and oven-cured for a light and exceptionally
strong boat. Local reinforcement with unidirectional fibers and higher
density cores is tailored to specific load paths. An ingenious internal
grid unit ties together ring frames, stringers, floor timbers, engine
bed, maststep and bunk fronts into one integrated structural form to
greatly enhance strength and esthetics.
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   Lager 45 - VGYD has been used
exclusively by Rob Ladd Yacht Design for their engineering needs on
projects such as the Lager 45, carbon chainplates for the Ladd 53 and
the scantlings for the Ladd 48 Power Cruiser. VGYD engineered all the
composite structures for the Lager 45 "Wild Woman" to the ABS Offshore
Racing Yachts scantling rule. This included carbon fiber chainplates,
and an optional lifting keel arrangement. An extensive finite element
analysis was conducted to verify the design.
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   Navy 44 - Pedrick Yacht Design has
out-source many of their engineering projects to VGYD including the
carbon fiber chainplate system and rudder structures on the United
States Naval Academy's new Navy 44 being built at Pearson Composites in
Warren, Rhode Island.
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  Atlantic
Boat Company -
Maine is the traditional home of the "lobster boat" and one of the
premier boat builders of this style is the Atlantic Boat Company of
Brooklin who build the famous Duffy & Duffy and BMH line. VGYD
have consulted extensively with ABC providing composite engineering
allowing them to build strong lightweight structures for an improved
powering performance on their D&D 46, D&D 54, and BMH
21.
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 Tanton
38' Lobster Boat
- Tanton Yachts have designed a "lobster boat" styled 38 foot pleasure
cruiser to be built in China. VGYD was hired to do the all the
composite engineering on the boat including the hull and deck laminate
schedule and the internal structure.
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   Dawn
48 - The
boatyard where this Frers designed yacht is kept contacted VGYD after
the boat lost its rig. We were able to specify an effective repair by
strengthening the mast bulkhead with uni-directional material, and its
attachment to the hull and deck with bi-direction e-glass. We then
designed a completely new configuration for the stainless steel
chainplates. The work was done by New England Shipyard.
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  Conser 47 - When this John Conser
designed catamaran suffered structural damage to her main bulkhead
during rough weather, the owner sought out the services of Van Gorkom
Yacht Design to devise a strong and permanent fix to the problem. To do
so, we engineered a comprehensive, bi-directional reinforcing laminate
in way of the hull/deck to bulkhead interface.
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