Ryan Nicoll January 27, 2026

How design DNA can misdirect comparison of ship concepts with different hull forms (and what you can do instead)

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Ryan Nicoll December 16, 2025

What holiday ghosts can teach us about PID control (and ship autopilot systems)

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Ryan Nicoll November 27, 2025

Why following seas create the perfect conditions for danger to ships

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Ryan Nicoll October 16, 2025

How to save time by weeding out problems early on in ship hydrodynamics models

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Ryan Nicoll September 29, 2025

Why seakeeping hydrodynamics are limited in extreme conditions

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Ryan Nicoll August 19, 2025

How forward speed codes add a missing ingredient to ship motion prediction

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Ryan Nicoll July 18, 2025

Midyear Break 2025

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Ryan Nicoll June 14, 2025

Why keep the same design DNA when exploring ship hull design variations

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Ryan Nicoll May 15, 2025

When the line blurs between hull and appendage (and how to model it for seakeeping analysis)

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Ryan Nicoll April 23, 2025

Why undersized vessel anti-roll fins backfire (and how to avoid this problem)

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Ryan Nicoll March 18, 2025

How to avoid too much or too little static stability in ship design

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Ryan Nicoll February 18, 2025

How to differentiate the value of ship design changes with operability analysis

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