A Painted Ocean

Devlog

• Version 0.5a released
  December 19, 2019 by Neil Thapen

  In this version: The sailing model is tuned to match historical performance, at least in low to moderate winds. Wind now affects the spars and hull, not just the sails. Spars and sails do not break so... Continue reading

  
• Historical data
  November 22, 2019 by Neil Thapen

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  Some quantitative historical sources: W. Froude, "The Resistance of Ships" https://archive.org/details/resistanceships00frougoog This records drag experiments on a wooden ship, from 1871. The numbers... Continue reading

  
• Release and plans
  September 22, 2019 by Neil Thapen

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  This project was started in 2011, under the working title "Fifth Rate", as a prototype to explore two things: how does sailing physics work; and what is a control scheme that does not have the immedia... Continue reading