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Officers and guests at recent meeting of the N.Y. Section of SNAME included (L to R): John Higginbotham, secretary-treasurer; William Garzke, vice chairman; Nicholas Bachko, honored guest; Joseph Connors, chairman; Dr. Farrokh Mistree, author; and David Wiggins, Papers Com mittee chairman. New York SNAME Hears Paper On Computer-Based Preliminary Design A recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects heard a paper titled "A New Approach To Computer-Based Preliminary Ship Design." The authors were Dr. Farrokh Mistree and Timo- thy D. Lyon, both of the Univer- sity of Houston. The following par- agraph is a brief abstract of their discussion. This paper presented a new computer-based method to carry out the preliminary design of ships using the latest advances in com- puter programming and optimiza- tion approaches. It uses an ad- vanced, multiple objective, non- linear optimization package that can handle the most complete de- sign problems. The program has consistently produced designs that Raytheon Awarded $8.6-Million Navy Contract Raytheon Company, Ports- mouth, R.I., is being awarded a $8,600,000 firm-fixed price con- tract for five AN/BQQ-5 transmit subsystems and ancillary equip- ment. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Call For Papers Issued For 7th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium Organizers of the Seventh Ches- apeake Sailing Yacht Symposium have issued a call for papers for the one-day gathering, scheduled for January 19, 1985 in Annapolis, Md. The symposium, which tradi- tionally attracts more than 500 people, including some of the na- tion's top yachting figures, is solic- iting papers on a variety of topics, including 12-meter developments, yacht design, performance, mate- rials and construction, cruising, racing, historical subjects and sails and rigging. are superior to those using con- ventional methods. The new method makes an important con- tribution toward the automation of the preliminary design stages. Nicholas Bachko was the ho- nored guest at the meeting. Mr. Bachko graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1942, and sailed as a merchant marine officer until 1946. He came ashore with United States Lines, rose through the ranks from assis- tant superintendent engineer to senior vice president for planning and development, and retired in 1979. He joined SNAME in 1950. He is a Life Member of the Society and serves as a member of the Technical and Research Steering Committee. The deadline for 400- to 500- word abstracts of proposed papers is May 1, 1984. Authors of selected proposals will be advised of accept- ance by June 1 and will be ex- pected to submit drafts of their pa- pers by August 1. Final papers are due October 1, 1984, to allow time for printing in the book which each symposium-goer receives. Abstracts and inquiries should be sent to Otto Scherer, chair- man of the Papers Committee, Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Sympo- sium, 5475 Greenbridge Road, Dayton, Md., 21036. Baldt Introduces New Workboat Connecting Link —Literature Available Baldt Inc., following two years of development, has just intro- duced an advanced, anti-corrosive connecting link. Rocco Albertini, Baldt's director of engineering, de- scribes the new link: "Three exclu- sive features provide dramatically increased resistance to corrosion. One, a totally new steel alloy that is less sensitive to corrosion; two, a unique new protective coating; and three, an added forging pro- cess called restrike that insures fit and increases fatigue life. This new Baldt Workboat Connecting Link is less susceptible to corro- sion, so throughout the normal op- erating process the new link will reduce routine maintenance." Mr. Albertini continued, "Not only is the alloy less corrosive, but it affords extended fatigue life. 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