Abstract
Yachts and recreational boats have been growing in popularity throughout the world. In the United States alone they have a 2% annual growth rate. This growth has created the market for new boats built with improved hull materials and new hull forms, propulsion motors and fabrication techniques. With this growth in boat designs and technology developments, it is useful to examine the current trends in pleasure boat design. This paper addresses the development and utilization of a relational pleasure boat database BOATDSS–Boat Decision Support System. The BOATDSS database contains the data on 850 boat designs. The Decision Support System portion of the BOATDSS is organized to use this data for decision support such as a buyer shopping or a builder examining the potential of a new boat entering the present boat market. Several results from BOATDSS are presented to illustrate its use during the conception and preliminary design of recreational boats.
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