The International Hydrofoil Society
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(Last Update 08-Jun-2010 )
Archives of Pre 2006 Announcements and Current Events are listed Below:
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JOINT DINNER MEETING
SNAME SD-5 PANEL AND
INTERNATIONAL HYDROFOIL SOCIETYTuesday, 22 June 2010
Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA
5:30 to 6:30 Cash Bar - 6:30 to 7:30 Dinner - 7:30 to 8:30 Program
Deli Buffet: Hot Soup; Mix of Breads & Rolls; Sliced Beef, Ham & Turkey;
Cheeses; Pasta, Potato & Green Salads; Brownies & Cookies; Coffee & TeaPrice $25.00
To pay by credit card, by 16 June, go to www.foils.org/meeting.htm
Make reservations by noon Wednesday, 16 June 2010
with Allen Ford at allenford@verizon.net or Mark Bebar at mbebar@csc.comPlease honor reservations. No-shows may be requested to cover costs incurred.
Stabilization and Motion Control of Advanced Ships & Craft
J. William McFann - President, Island Engineering, Inc.
Island Engineering is one of a very few companies that specialize in providing the stabilization and motion control a ship or craft requires in order to be able to accomplish its purposes. That may involve ensuring a ship-launched weapon will hit its target, or a helo or RIB can be deployed safely, or a yacht owner's martini won't spill. Requirements and solutions can vary widely from one case to the next, and our speaker will discuss some of the more interesting ones his company has dealt with and show some of the ships, craft and equipment involved.
Island Engineering handles all aspects of this work, from basic analysis to design and engineering, all the way to fabrication and shipboard installation of stabilization systems. Moreover, they're well known to many of us for their ability and willingness to tackle all manner of unusual and challenging engineering projects.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mr. McFann established Island Engineering in 1999 for the purpose of developing and testing advanced marine vehicle designs and dynamic motion and flight control systems. From 1987 through 1999 he held positions as Design Engineer, Engineering Manager, and Director of Special Projects at Maritime Dynamics, Inc. (MDI), another eminent company in this field. He has managed key elements of the design, development and testing of numerous monohull, catamaran, SWATH and SES craft, not only for the US Navy but also for German, Swedish, Norwegian, Korean and Egyptian naval and commercial craft.
Mr. McFann holds a BSME degree from Purdue University and is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the International Hydrofoil Society.
- PRESENTATIONS FROM RECENT MEETINGS AVAILABLE, PRESS HERE.
- IHS and SD-5 Joint Meeting Announcement (Download Announcement here)
- Joint Meeting DIRECTIONS (Download DIRECTIONS here)
Date 11 Mar 2010
See above Announcement for details and resevations.
- [11 Nov 03] Lost Members - we have lost track of several members who evidently changed their email addresses. Click Here to view some of the names... if you know the new address or email, please let us know so that we can reestablish contact. Meanwhile, if you have moved or changed email addresses... please inform us of the change!
- PRESENTATIONS FROM RECENT MEETINGS AVAILABLE, PRESS HERE.
- [1 Feb 06] The Third CD-ROM in IHS's planned series of Advanced Marine Vehicle (AMV) Document Library is available for purchase now. Click Here for information on how to order.[11 Nov 03] The second CD-ROM in IHS's planned series of Advanced Marine Vehicle (AMV) Document Library is available for purchase now. Click Here for a list of AMV CD-ROM #2 contents, including abstracts of all the documents on the CD. Click Here for information on how to order.
- [17-feb-08] SECOND AND THIRD Quarter 2008 Newsletter Available Now: Click Here
- [17-feb-08] Fourth 2008 Newsletter Available now: Click Here
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Messages are posted here as a service to IHS members and visitors to the website. Please be aware that IHS does not recommend products or services. While we know of no serious problems having arisen from messages posted here, we are not able to verify that offers posted here are legitimate or that individuals responding to the offers are sincere. Accordingly, caution should be exercised in initiating and conducting business as a result of messages posted here to ensure your personal safety and the safety of your financial account information.
[3 Jul 03] I am looking for a partner to lease me a high powered boat with the following 70~100 passengers and with speed of 30~35 Knots. The service is geared towards the ferrying of tourists between islands . Matt (matai@mrd.gov.fj)
{23 Jun 03] I intend to operate a hydrofoil to serve the transportation of passengers between the two main islands in the Philippines. I plan to enter into a joint venture/partnership with a vessel/hydrofoil owner wherein the operation, management and manning will come from my side. Some important details to consider: Passenger capacity: 120-150; Speed: 35-40 kts. I am currently operating two fast crafts serving the same place. -- Felicito Datinguinoo (luchijane@aol.com)
Messages are posted here as a service to IHS members and visitors to the website. Please be aware that IHS does not recommend products or services. While we know of no serious problems having arisen from messages posted here, we are not able to verify that offers posted here are legitimate or that individuals responding to the offers are sincere. Accordingly, caution should be exercised in initiating and conducting business as a result of messages posted here to ensure your personal safety and the safety of your financial account information.More info on how and where to buy/sell/restore specific categories of hydrofoils can be accessed from our Posted Messages Bulletin Board Page. Please notify the webmaster if you discover a notice that is no longer valid, or if you are unsuccessful in contacting the individual or organization that posted the message.
[14 Oct 03] My company is looking for a fast ferry expert to assist in the procurement of a small fleet of catamarans or hydrofoil vessels. We will consider purchase, lease, or joint venture partnership. Vessels must carry up to 150 plus passengers and travel at a minimum speed of 35 kts. Please contact me if you are interested and want more information. -- Tom Dempsey dempsuryy@aol.com
[9 Sep 03] I seek a few old, small Russian hydrofoils in any type of condition (Raketa, Polysie or Belarus hydrofoil). This is to make a houseboats here in Toulouse, the air and space center of France... a few people are interested in this. Also, and in addition to the houseboat project, I want to start a non-profit association to restore one medium or large Russian experimental hydrofoil (Sputnik, Chaika for example)... so I am looking for a good candidate to restore for historical purposes. The hydrofoil for non-profit restoration should be an experimental craft. -- Jeff Legendre (a1493@hotmail.com)
[12 Jul 03] I am looking for someone to sell, lease or joint venture with me a high powered boat with the following 80~100 passengers and with speed of 30~35 Knots. The service is geared towards the ferrying people between Tarakan Island and Kalimantan. -- Villepin (villepin@hotmail.com) Click Here to post a response to this message.
Following are some of the more recent announcements. More info on how and where to buy/sell/restore hydrofoils can be accessed from our Posted Messages Bulletin Board Page. Please notify the webmaster if you discover a notice that is no longer valid, or if you get no reply when contacting the individual or organization that posted the message (unfortunately, many sellers have been remiss in notifying IHS when the vessel is sold).Messages are posted here as a service to IHS members and visitors to the website. Please be aware that IHS does not recommend products or services. While we know of no serious problems having arisen from messages posted here, we are not able to verify that offers posted here are legitimate or that individuals responding to the offers are sincere. Accordingly, caution should be exercised in initiating and conducting business as a result of messages posted here to ensure your personal safety and the safety of your financial account information..
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Grumman Runabout -1958 Museum Piece[20 Aug 02, updated 01 Oct 03] For Sale: Sea Wing Hydrofoil-Grumman 1958 14'8". New Mercury 40 HP, Trailer, Original 35 HP Evenrude Lark (stuck), Morse Controls. Runs great. I am in Georgia USA. Can deliver in Southeast USA. $15,500.00. -- Myrel Harner (ireneharner@juno.com)
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Kolkhida Hydrofoil For Sale - DELFIN 1[22 Sep 03] We have for sale a seagoing hydrofoil with capacity of 124 passengers. Click Here for Technical Specifications and full set of color photos, and details of the offer (Adobe Acrobat file, 400K). Price: 270.000 Euro FOB Kolobrzeg -- Miroslaw Balicki, Kolobrzeg Passengers Shipping Company (kzp@pro.onet.pl) |
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[14 Jul 03] Zelenodolsk Shipyard, Russia announces that two (2) METEOR hydrofoils in production are for sale. Projected date of delivery is April 2004. Choice of Russian engines or Deutz (Germany) engines. Price ranges from 500 000 Euros to 950 000 Euros. Includes all certificates and our guarantee (1.5 year). -- Sergey Nikonov (zdsip@nimb.ru)
[12 Jul 03] We propose for sale from direct Owners following sea-going hydrofoils:
We recently inspected the hydrofoils and confirm that the vessels are well-maintained and are in tip-top condition. Inspectable in N.America by arrangement. Additional information is available upob firm/named interest. -- Brgds/Vyacheslav Fyodorov ; Cielo Trading Ltd ; Tel: +38 048 743 80 85 ; Fax: +44 870 125 34 00 (via UK) ; Email: (slava@cielo-trading.net )
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A Gas Turbine Engine For Your PHM[2 Jun 03] GTE For Sale: proposed as suitable to replace the LM2500 in a surplus PHM or a commercial vessel requiring this kind of power: 20,000 HP. Built by Mashproekt in Ukraine; No operating time accumulated; Model designation D59 (original USSR designation for same model, only with a reversing mechanism: GT16000); Maximum continuous rating (MCR) - 20,000 hp in ISO conditions; Power turbine rated speed : 5200 rpm (A 3000 RPM power section is available from Russia for only $128,000 and it includes exhaust plenum and driveshaft ready to couple up to the PHM gearbox); Direction of rotation: counter-clockwise (looking at the output shaft flange), non-reversible (reversing mechanism not needed to power a water jet) ; Fuel control system operation: stabilized fuel flow rate; MTBO - 10 000 hr: (100% MCR - 300 hr, 80% MCR - 900 hr, 70% MCR and less -10 000 hr). If engine load never exceeds 70% MCR, MTBO can be extended to 20 000 hr.; Total life time - 60 000 hr. Stored in Michigan USA; Asking US$500,000 with 2 water jet drives. I would like to be put in touch with some boat builders around the Mediterranean area who might be interested. -- E J Potter email: (potterej@earthlink.net); phone: 1-561-468-3587. |
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.[7 Nov 02] Looking for a good home for the H/V ALBATROSS. Hull and cabin are in good condition. However, she's missing foils, strut, shaft, rudder, and engine. Anyone knowing of a museum, school, conservator, etc. interested in having it donated to them, please let me know. -- Robert Miller cbbi@aol.com
Response...[7 Nov 02] For historical and other information and photos about Bob Miller's conversion of the ALBATROSS to a houseboat, Click Here. For historical information and photos about the ALBATROSS in its prime, see the Helmut Kock biography on this site.
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[21 Oct 03] Two OLYMPIA type hydrofoil vessels for sale. Both in top condition. Hydrofoil passenger vessel. Built in Russia 1993 & 1994. Hull : alloy. L - 37.54, B - 8.40, Depth - 2.60, Draught 4.60/1.40, GRT - 298 T, NET - 89 T, DW - 82 T, Main engine - MTU 16V 396 T E 74 / 2x2000. Classification : Det Norske Veritas. Renovations : Both vessels are seriously renovated. Last serious renovation : 2000. Sale price US 1.5 MIO each. Location : Trading between Finland and Estonia [30 Sep 02, updated 21 Oct 03] Directly from the Owners can offer for sale the following air conditioned Superfoil passenger ferry. Main particulars: Built at : Almaz Marine Yard JSC, St.Petersburg, Russia in 2002; LOA : 41 m, B : 12.4 m, Draught : fully loaded at speed / 1.2 m, at rest with retracted foils / 1.7 m, at rest with foils in operational position / 3.4 m; Passenger capacity : 286; Main engines : MJP Waterjets (Mercedes) Type 4000 M70 / 4 x 1740 kW MCR / each 1900-2000 RPM / easy and quick dismantling of main and aux. engines; Gensets : TechnoScan TS90 / 2 x 70kW / 87 KV*A; Gearboxes : Four reversing flange-mounted ZF 4650 / electrically operated; Service speed at sea State 3 : 55 knots; Range (34t DW; 55 kn. speed ; 10% margin) 200 nautical miles; Seakeeping : 2.5 sign. wave height at 100% MCR; Foils : Two fully retractable hydraulically controlled forward fully submerged foils made of high-quality titanium alloy; Interceptors : Two hydraulically controlled transom interceptors made of high-quality titanium alloy; Foil & interceptors control system : MTD / AURORA active Foil & Interceptor; Control System. FICS-3 supplied; Rudders : Two hydraulically controlled suspended rudders made of high-quality titanium alloy providing great control improvement; Classification : DNV 1A1 HSLC R3 Passenger E0, IMO HSC Code, Category A; Accommodation : 62 passenger seats in business class with 1000 mm pitch, 224 passenger seats in tourist class with 900 mm pitch, Self-service bar in business class, Large kiosk/bar, 21 sq.m duty free shop, audio/video entertainment system; Deadweight: 34.000 kg.; Crew : 12x75 kg / 900 kg.; Luggage : 286 x 10 kg / 2860 kg.; Fuel oil : 4740 kg.; Fresh water : 1000 kg.; Duty free goods : 3.050 kg; Capacities : Fuel oil : 10.000 L. Fresh water : 2000 kg. Hydraulic oil : 200 L. Lube oil : 250 L. Waste oil : 250 L; Hull / superstructure : High quality marine grade aluminum alloy type 1561; Service life : 20 years; Environmentally friendly : Extremely low wash up to max speed, low noise. Fulfills IMO emission regulations of Year 2000. Sale price : USD 7.0 MIO; Location : Europe. -- Y.Eero, Managing Director, Seahawk Ltd. (seahawk@estpak.ee)
Seahawk Ltd. Offers Olympias
Seahawk Ltd. Offers Superfoil Ferry
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[2 Jul 03] We have lost touch with the following members and would like to reestablish contact. Each name is followed by the last known postal and/or email address. If you see your name here, please contact us at webmaster@foils.org. If you see the name of someone you know, please let us know the current address or otherwise let the person know that we are trying to get in contact!
[3 Oct 06] IHS members and others interested in hydrofoils are invited to submit material of interest to the hydrofoil community for possible publication in the newsletter (and/or posting on the website)... an article, a photos, a news clipping, a web page URL, a letter to the editor. Submit by mail or by e-mail, your choice. The newsletter focuses on recent events, current issues, and new projects, but we also love to publish first person accounts of interesting past events and important contributors in the history of hydrofoil development. We do not have formalized author's guidelines, but if you are not a member and would like a free sample copy to see what the newsletter is like, just ask (be sure to include your postal mailing address if you want the printed version instead of the electronic version.
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Sustaining Members are corporations, companies institutions and other organizations who wish to support the work of the Society.
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Island Engineering, formed in 1999, is dedicated to design and engineering support of high performance marine vehicles- primarily for the development of advanced ride control systems. |
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Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (MAPC) provides a mix of scientists, engineers, naval architects and technicians who are motivated to move ideas from concept through design and prototype. |
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