BOAT-2000 Database: Market Study and Aid to Power and Sailboat Design

Abstract

This paper presents the BOAT-2000 database* organization. Its applications in market study as well as power and sailboats design are used to show the system capability for integrated design. BOAT-2000 is not a commercial system and was created to integrate recreational boat information and commercial design software for academic research. The BOAT-2000 aim is to join in a database the useful information on sail and powerboat design, manufacturers, equipment and test results. The database includes also specific naval architecture software and others functional software's. BOAT-2000 was developed in Microsoft ACCESS™ and follows four main objectives:simple and useful tool for boat market analysis,ability to arrange the design process,includes different sorts of boat information as test results and survey reports, andintegrates commercial softwares in boat design process. The paper focuses on database systematization and shows the BOAT-2000 application in two case studies. Graphs and tables illustrate the actual available dates. Finally, some future implementations are emphasized.