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This software and the ideas reflected in it are provided 'free.' I am not giving you professional advice because you haven't hired me. I am also giving you these ideas outside my field of expertise. This is only one one boatbuilder to another.

HulWiz generates a file of the format used by Gregg Carlson's Hull Designer program, "Hulls Version 1.81" based upon user inputs. Neither HulWiz nor its author are associated with Mr. Carlson or Carlson Design, who own all rights to the Hull Designer program.

The hull surface generated is not a full design. The user selects all options and decides the conditions, which determine the result. The resulting hull surface is only approximate, and corresponds to a sample table of offsets and some additional summary calculation results. Neither static nor dynamic forces are analyzed by HulWiz.

User assumes all risks. The user selects desired boat length in feet, desired boat displacement (loaded) in pounds, sheerline, side flare, tumblehome, bow section shape, bow type, bow profile, bow rake, midships section type, stern section, stern type, stern profile, stern rake, side decks, cabin type, deck, sailing rig, keel type, skeg type, and cutwater. The software combines these choices to generate a hull surface, but cannot make any judgement as to the suitability of any vessel designed to the generated surface.

The skipper of any vessel is responsible for decisions on seaworthiness and decisions on a voyage. The builder is responsible for decisions on construction. The vessel's designer is responsible for decisions on structure, hydrodynamics and suitability of the design for the contemplated mission. HulWiz merely helps define a rough shape given a limited set of parameters selected by the user, and cannot help the user decide the suitability of that shape for any particular mission. No boat is suitable for all missions.

Boats operate in a dangerous environment. Every decision made on a design parameter affects many other parameters, and extremes in one may result in very adverse performance in another. All decisions are tradeoffs.

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