The Basiliscus Page

Welcome. This page is a living design case history on the development of my sailing hydrofoil, Basiliscus.

New: Paper presented to the Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium (04/05/2001)

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Case History

An introduction to the project, some background, and the original concept sketches.

CSYS Paper

Paper presented at the Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, January 2001. This paper covers the project management, design requirements, baseline configuration, and preliminary results of the hydrofoil analyses.

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