PORTFOLIOYACHT DESIGN

BY: BALAKUMAR

RAMASWAMY BALAKUMAR

ABOUT MEBorn in Chennai, a beautiful city on the seaside in India. I’m a yacht design student desire to be part of vibrant and leading or-ganization and create footprints as a “Yacht Designer”, to assist the organization in all aspects by utilizing all my skills, knowledge, abilities and experience with a balance of hands-on, manage-ment and leadership responsi-bilities. Having a engineering & construction knowledge that I gained from my previous studies and work experience guides me well, which results in better qual-ity during my design work. Being cool and never give up attitude is my key to achieve success.

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

– Babe Ruth

CONCEPT DESIGN

REFIT PROJECTS

Desire to be part of vibrant and lead-ing organization and create foot-prints as a “Yacht Designer”, to as-sist the organization in all aspects by utilizing all my skills, knowledge, ablities and experience with a bal-ance of hands-on, management and leadership responsibilities.

CURRICULUM VITAEOBJECTIVE

B.E NAVAL ARCHITECTUREAMET UNIVERSITYJuly 2008 - May 2012

Was trained in all forms of basic na-val architecture concepts. Also, have done various internships and jobtraining in different design studios and shipyards including the research cen-tres to widen my knowledge on the field.

EXPERIENCEEDUCATIONMASTER IN YACHT DESIGNPOLITECNICO DI MILANO

March 2015 - PresentGetting trained in the fields of exteri-or, interior design and naval architec-ture. Currently involved in the com-plete project of a sailboat(14m) and a superyacht (42m) which will be pre-sented next year for my final thesis.

CONCEPTIA DESIGN STUDIO (INDIA)

NAVAL ARCHITECTDec 2011 - Feb 2012

Assisting the company in the de-sign and project management of a 37 m yacht. Also, was responsi-ble to all the basic naval architec-ture calculations and modelling.

NKOM SHIPYARD (QATAR)PROJECT ENGINEER Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

Responsible for all the quality man-agement and supervision of a ship or yacht refit projects. Shipyard rep-resentative and technical coordinator for the owners.Technical and produc-tion consultant on the job process. Assisting the project manager in planning , scheduling and execution

of the project

TEAM FOR DESIGN (ITALY)YACHT DESIGNEROct 2015 - Feb 2016

Responsible for modelling the exterior and interior of yachts and creating new design concepts.

PERSONAL SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS

CREATIVE

TEAMWORK

INNOVATIVE

COMMUNICATION

MAXSURF

RHINO 3D

AUTOCAD

KEYSHOT

PHOTOSHOP

MICROSOFT OFFICE

INDEX

NARWHAL-45’

RIPPLE-45

V-RAY

VANITY-45

VELOCITY - 45

This is a 45 m superyacht concept that I am currently working. The idea is to create a very aggressive design with a modern interior style. This design project will also be presented during the end of my college (April 2016)

NARWHAL 45

This is my university team project which is to be presented next year as final thesis of my master degree. We choose to do a 14 m Sail-boat project which includes the exterior, inte-rior and naval architecture calculations. The concept is to make a elegant clean lines with loads of exterior space and more windows. The interior follows the lines of the superstructure. We gave a different approach to the interior with no cabins and it’s a entirely open space.

TECHNICALDRAWINGS - LONGITUDINAL SECTION

RIG & SAILSBALANCE

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LEAD = 2%SLOOP WITH AFRACTIONAL RIG: 2-6%

RUDDER DESIGNDrag is the enemy of performance. Hinsak is de-signed to achieve the smoothest underwater pro-file possible to slip through the waves for both a competitive edge and pure sailing pleasure. The keel and rudder of Hinsak are precision enginee-red for performance, responsiveness and durability.

UNDERWATER PROFILE

AR / SA: 1.01PROJECTED AREA: 1.126RUDDER SIDE FORCE: 15589.77 NEFFECTIVE ASPECT RATIO (ARe): 5.87RUDDER LATERAL AREA (Alr): 0.915 m2

NACA 0010

RUD

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CK

MATERIAL - AISI 316YIELD STRENGTH = 190 N/mm2

TORSIONAL LOAD ONLY, DT = 21.468 mmTORSIONAL AND FLEXURAL LOAD, DTF = 67.829 mm

KEEL DESIGNASPECT RATIO(AR): 1.27

PLANFORM AREA(A): 2.85 M2

TAPER RATIO(TR): 0.764

AK / SA: 2.56

ALLOWED RANGE: 1.9 - 2.9

KEEL: NACA 63A015

BULB: NACA 65015

BALLAST WEIGHT: 4185 KG

BALLAST VOLUME: 0.370 M3

MOMENT BY KEEL: 50301875 N x mm

MOMENT BY BOLTS: 144908693 N x mm

FACTOR OF SAFETY: 2.88

MATERIAL: YIELD STRENGTH 195 N/mm2

M 36 TOTAL NUMBER OF BOLTS: 10

NACA 63A 015

Composite keel of Hinsak features a cast iron keel fin with lead ‘L’ bulb. The keel is encapsulated in a vacuum-in-fused GRP layer made in a precision female mould for a hydrodynamic fi-nish. The lead ‘L’ bulb greatly reduces drag in comparison to the industry standard cast iron construction, whi-ch requires a greater volume in order to achieve the same centre of gravity.

UNDERWATER PROFILE

STRUCTURAL LAYOUTHULL

28 mm (4 + 20 + 4)SINGLE SKIN

SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION

WATERTIGHT BULKHEADS separate the anchor compartment, sail locker and in-terior accommodation for safety and re-assurance in the event of a collision.

23 mm (1.5 + 20 + 1.5)SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION

STRINGERS150 mm x 50 mm

SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION

KEEL REINFORCEMENT150 mm x 50 mm

SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION

STRUCTURAL WARDROBESThe structural composite wardrobes are de-signed as part of Hinsak’s internal building blocks, thus saving weight on duplicated structures and enabling Hinsak’s hull to be amongst the lightest production 14m hulls.

HULL SHELL & LINERTo reduce weight without compromising strength and stiffness, FRP and RESIN were introduced into both the hull and hull liner of Hinsak, with intelli-gently spaced internal ‘frames’ and ‘stringers’.

RIPPLE - 45

This superyacht was designed for show boats young designer award 2016. The cli-ent is an Italian fashion designer who lives and works in Milan and spends most week-ends at her holiday home in Porto Fino. th task is to design a 25-knot plus yacht with a modern semi/planing hull that is optimized for comfort while having the ability to transcend the hull speed. The maximum number of guest is two. The concept was to give a sporty look as well as the elegant lines to satisfy the needs of the client’s interest.

CONCEPT DESIGN

This is a 26m concept develoed as a proposal design for dreamline shihpyards. New concept was developed from the existing series from dreamline shipyard.The idea is to create a sleek and sporty lines that stand out from the existing series of design.

This is a 80 foot concept developed as a proposal project for the Fairline shipyard. The idea is to change the existing styling and make it more aggressive and modern. It was proposed on behalf of TEAM FOR DESIGN studio from venice.

This is a concept developed as a proposal design for a target client at the range of 30 m .This was one of the many proposals from the studio (TEAM FOR DESIGN) . Its a 30 m concept yet to be developed for the next process of design.

Here the task was to design a sundeck and mast of a 66m approved project for a private client. Two designs where proposed to the client and due to the confidentiality the full design cannot be revealed .

REFIT I worked in NKOM shipyard in Qatar , where I had an opportunity to work in some of the refit of su-peryachts, navy vessel and other merchant ves-sels. I was responsible as a project engineer to take care of the entire project right from docking till sail-ing. My main role is to assist the project manager in terms of planning , scheduling and executing. Also a technical consultant for the owner representative.