Having designed some of the world's finest megayachts, yacht design firm Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect Ltd. has built a reputation as one of the top naval architecture firms in the world. For more than 35 years, founder Greg Marshall and his business partner, naval architect Gordon Galbraith, have designed ever-larger megayachts, and commercial craft for a wide variety of clientele.
As with any life-long dream, it started early with Greg. Greg's father, Victoria architect Donovan Marshall, recognized his son's obsession and introduced him to Bill Garden, the famed yacht designer. Garden asked the 15-year-old Greg to sketch a yacht for a customer. Greg made batches of drawings and when the opportunity presented itself, Garden offered him a few weeks of drafting work after High School.
As with any life-long dream, it started early with Greg. Greg's father, Victoria architect Donovan Marshall, recognized his son's obsession and introduced him to Bill Garden, the famed yacht designer. Garden asked the 15-year-old Greg to sketch a yacht for a customer. Greg made batches of drawings and when the opportunity presented itself, Garden offered him a few weeks of drafting work after High School.
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Although our design team has decades of experience in naval architecture, GCMNA is not the largest design firm on the globe. So how can we offer tailor-made, complete yacht design solutions? We have invested in technology - in hardware and software - and, as important, in the training to use these systems effectively and creatively.
We provide you with drawings of every aspect of the yacht in 3-D model images. This type of modeling yields clear-cut advantages. You can view your yacht from every angle, inside and out. In addition, 3-D imaging is more exact and often reveals unused spaces that can be made available for such things as fender storage or built-in seating.
Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computerized method for predicting how a product reacts to real-world forces, vibration, heat, fluid flow, and other physical effects. The team at GCMNA routinely uses this computer modeling to engineer structures that are resilient and provide the longest predictable life span under the conditions they are subject to.
It is in the design of your yacht's interior that our earlier rigorous discussions with you pay the largest dividends. Except for the first, exterior view of a yacht, the interior is the vessel's most visible part, often the one that elicits the greatest input from owners and their families. And interior construction represents the most labor-intensive aspect of building a yacht.
No matter how beautiful or comfortable your yacht is when moored, how it performs when moving through the water is key to how satisfied you'll be with your vessel. Large yachts are built to cruise vast distances and must be able to meet any kind of weather and sea conditions safely and in relative comfort.
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