KayakFoundry - Kayak Design Software

Like many kayak builders before me, having built a few different designs, I began to think about designing one of my own. I was not prepared to pay for a commercial naval architecture package, and I thought it would be a fun project to develop my own kayak design software.  KayakFoundry is the result.  Version 1.6 is now available for download below.

This is a free program, but contributions are welcome!

Download:
        KayakFoundry 1.6.4  (November 14, 2009)
       

KayakFoundry 1.6 Features:

• Stability Curves
• Multiple views for shaping the kayak in Plan, Profile, and Body
• Supports 1, 2, or 3 cockpits with independent or shared shapes
• Auto-positioned cockpit tracks with changes to center of buoyancy
• Resizable/hideable panels
• Waterlines and buttock lines
• Active Section view shows all section dimensions
• Curve shaping by dragging control points
• Rubber-banding for multiple control point selection
• Keyboard arrow keys provide fine adjustments of control point position.
• Real-time calculation and display of all kayak curves and hydrostatic data
• Real-time location markers indicate critical hydrostatic positions
• Optional auto-roundover of deck at bow and stern
• Sliding position line for viewing cross-sectional shape along the length
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Imperial or Metric units
• Bow Left or Bow Right display
• Printed stations - adjusted for user-specified strip thickness (sample form)
• Printed study drawing (sample study drawings)
• Zoom in/out
• Optional grid with user-specified interval
• Exaggerated curves
• A "notes" panel let you record comments and descriptions of the design
• Integrated drag predictions using John Winter's KAPER algorithm
• Form layout canvas to minimize paper usage
• Parameters for the Broze drag prediction spreadsheet

Refer to the change history for the latest changes. 

KayakFoundry BBS

For all questions, bugs, suggestions, comments, etc, please use the KayakFoundry BBS.  This will allow everyone to benefit from any questions and answers that are posted.   It also provides a forum for new ideas to be suggested and refined by all users.