Yacht Design and Construction

Start date: April 2011 | Duration: 18 months | Language: eng
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The Master course aims at training professionals able to completely manage the design and construction of a boat by starting from the concept up to the actual construction in yard, by mastering each aspect of the executive step. In every aspect of the execution phase, the students will be accompanied by the experience and competence of the most important international professionals of the field.

The Master offers comprehensive training that enables both professional and employment opportunities in offices of naval architecture, interior design studios of motor-yachts and sailboats. Other uses and employment opportunities are possible within technical offices and shipyards both as designers, architects and, after due training, as a project manager.

The Master course is addressed to professionals who want to further their specific skills in the yacht design and construction field, such as graduates in architecture, design and engineering or, anyway, anyone having suitable skills and working in the field.

The Master Yacht Design & Construction comes in a new biennial format that results from the experience developed during the three previous editions.This choice is mainly based on the idea to give more space to the design and practical part in order to offer students a general vision of the yacht design and construction.

During the firstyear, the course will mainly focus on the theoretical teaching by ranging from naval architecture and structural design, over the interior design and board systems, to building techniques, materials and equipment.Of course, the theoretical part will be integrated with practical exercises and interactive work to be carried out with the teachers of the various subjects. Moreover, visits to yards and equipment suppliers are scheduled.

At the end of the firstyear, the students will have to present a thesis that will be evaluated by a Technical Committee composed by Master teachers and some of the most important experts working in the field. The positive assessment of the Committee will be necessary to enter the second year.

The second year will be a practical-designing pathway where students have to prove that they are able to apply what they learnt in the previous year; the work will focus on two group theme-projects and a finaldesign thesis whose subject will be freely chosen by each student. During the second year, to complete the practical lessons about naval construction, it is necessary to realize a boat that will be built by starting from a project chosen by the coordinator of the course.

CULTURAL AREA
  • Physics

     FIRST YEAR: Hydrostatics, Hydrodynamics, Stability. SECOND YEAR: Stability MOD2, Hydrodynamics MOD2, Hydrostatics MOD2.    

  • Rules and Q.C.

    FIRST YEAR: Hydrostatics, Hydrodynamics, Stability. SECOND YEAR: Hydrostatics MOD2, Hydrodynamics MOD2, Stability MOD2. 

  • Yachting History

    FIRST YEAR: Reference Designers, case studies, market analysis, Venice Arsenal.

  • Yachts Design

    FIRST YEAR: Motor yachts, Sailing yachts, Traditional Venice boats, Terminology.SECOND YEAR: Motor yachts MOD2, Sailing yachts MOD2, Hydrodynamics - Stability – Trim, Hull geometry. 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AREA
  • Management

    FIRST YEAR: Basic Project Management; Quality, reliability and client satisfaction; Planning and project management concerning the construction of yachts; Environment and social responsibility.

TECHNICAL-INSTRUMENTAL AREA
  • Fit-out

    FIRST YEAR: Propulsion system, Electric and electronic system, Hydraulic and oil-pressure systems, Sails, Masts and Deck equipment, Keel and supplements.SECOND YEAR: Propulsion system MOD2; Electric and electronic systems MOD2; Hydraulic and oil-pressure systems MOD2; Interior (Lights, Fabrics, Finishing); Sails, masts and rigging; Sailing plan; Deck equipment; Keel and Rudder.

  • Naval Architecture

    FIRST YEAR: Construction Plan, Deck Plans, Interior.

  • Planning and design tools

    FIRST YEAR: Hand Sketching, Technical Design, Introduction to Software.SECOND YEAR: Naval design, Tracing and Fairing, Design software: Autocad - MaxSurf - Rhino – Catia. 

PROJECT AREA
  • Construction

    FIRST YEAR: Introduction to ConstructionWood construction MOD1, Metal construction MOD1, Composite material construction and GRP MOD1, Evaluation of weights and costs.SECOND YEAR: Elaboration of costructionWood construction MOD2, Metal construction (aluminum and steel) MOD2, Composite material construction and GRP MOD2, Other usage materials and methods. 

Sebastiano Rech Morassutti
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Sebastiano Rech Morassutti

He studied naval design with international references and has been sailing on scow and pleasure boats since the age of 14. In 1984 he became a freelance journalist and a professional photographer.

He is a member of S.A.M.P.E. (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) since 1994 and of S.N.A.M.E. (Society of Naval Architect and Marine Engineer).

Since the ‘70s he has been involved in the management and construction of racing and cruise yachts with sophisticated composite materials. He was technical director of Tencara during the development of the yachts for the America’s Cup challenge “Il Moro di Venezia”. In 1995, with two other partners, he founded Trimarine Ltd (UK), and few months later Trimarine s.r.l. was opened in Belluno. The two companies are specialized in consultancy services, design and project management in the yacht construction with advanced composites. Among the main projects followed by Trimarine there are eight yachts for the America’s Cup, maxi yachts like “Virtuelle” (A. Vallicelli/P. Starck design) and many other cruise yachts.

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