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Trade-Offs in Sub-Cavitating Propeller Design - The Role of Cavitation in Propeller Design
Symposium on "High Powered Propulsion of Large Ships", December 10-13, 1974, Organized by NSMB
Theoretical Estimation of the Influence of Some Main Design Factors on the Performance of International Twelve Meter Class Yachts
Proceedings of the 4th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, USA, January 1979.
Resistance Prediction of Small High-Speed Displacement Vessels - State of the Art
Proceedings of the Australian Symposium on Ship Technology "The Impact of 200 Mile Economic Zones", organized by the University of New South Wales, Sydney, November 1979.
A Method for the Calculation of Resistance and Side Force of Sailing Yachts
Proceedings of the Conference on "Calculator and Computer-Aided Design for Small Craft", Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Southampton, March-April 1981.
The Development of the International 12 Meter-Class Yacht Australia II
7th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, USA, January 1985.
Design of Racing Yachts
Proceedings of the Workshop on Developments in Hull Form Design, Wageningen, The Netherlands; also published in "Samson Vademecum voor de zeilsport", October 1985
The Development of the Winged Keel for Twelve-Metre Yachts
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 173, pp 55-71, (together with P.J. Joubert), 1986.
Use of the Towing Tank in the Design of Racing Sailing Yachts
Proceedings Symposium Societa di Navigazione, Naples, Italy, 26-27 June 1986.
Advanced Marine Vehicles: A Critical Review
25th Anniversary symposium CETENA, Genoa, Italy, 1-3 October 1987.
Optimizing the Performance of Keels for Sailing Yachts
Yachting Technology Symposium, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Perth, 28-30 January 1987 (also published in Schip en Werf, Vol. 55, No. 14, July 1988).
Hydrodynamic Resistance Characteristics of Humans, Dolphins and Ship Forms
Schiffstechnik, Vol. 36, No. 1, March 1989; Schip en Werf, Vol. 55, No. 24, November 1988.
Resistance and Propulsion
Volume II of "Principles of Naval Architecture", The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, (together with J.D. van Manen), 1988.
Characteristics and Relative Merits of Different Marine Vehicle Types
Proceedings of 13th Wegemt School on Advanced Naval Vehicles, Delft University of Technology, October 1989.
Design and construction of the America's Cup Yacht 'Challenge Australia'
Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on "Yacht Design and Yacht Construction", Amsterdam, 12-13 November 1992.
Predicting the Speed of Sailing Yachts
Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Vol. 101, 1993.
Improvement of Sailing Yacht Performance Prediction by Including Force-Moment Equilibrium for the Calculation of Helm Angle in a Velocity Prediction Program
Proceedings of the 12th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, USA, January 1995.
Investigation of Minimum Stability Requirements for Ballasted Mono-hull Sailing Craft
Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on "Yacht Design and Yacht Construction", Amsterdam, 14-15 November 1994; Schip en Werf de Zee, December 1994 and April 1995.
America's Cup: wetenschap van het onderwaterschip
Article in magazine "Zeilen", May 1995.
De juiste kiel
Article in magazine "De Waterkampioen", June 1996.
Development of Proposed ISO 12217 Stability Index for Mono-Hull Sailing Craft
Proceedings of the 13th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, USA, January 1997.
Elk jacht zijn eigen vaargebied
Article in magazine "Zeilen", February 1998.
Drie Nieuwe 16.65m Lemsteraken in Aanbouw
Article in magazine "Spiegel der Zeilvaart", October 1998.
Een bulb in het midden is eigenlijk een onding
Article in magazine "Zeilen", December 1999.
Smallere rompen, snellere schepen
Article in magazine "Zeilen", January 2000.
De "IJsvogel" te Water
Article in magazine "Spiegel der Zeilvaart", March 2000.
Be Happy
Article in magazine "Ingenieurs et Architectes Suisses", April 2000.
Mag u van Brussel nog steeds naar zee?
Article in magazine "Zeilen", October 2000.
Onderzoek naar de Zeilprestaties van Lemsteraken
Article in magazine "Spiegel der Zeilvaart", November 2001.
Een wereld van duels, spionage en 'LSD'
Article in magazine "Zeilen", October 2002.
Van Oossanen breekt met Fransen
Article in magazine "Zeilen", December 2002.
Stabiliteit en drijfvermogen van ronde- en platbodemjachten
with Niels Moerke, Article in magazine "Spiegel der Zeilvaart", December 2002-January 2003.
Drie Verschillende bulbs en een bustle
Article in magazine "Zeilen", February 2003.
Reducing Draft on Large Sailing Yachts
Article in magazine "The Yacht Report", July 2003.
America's Cup Yachts - Recent Design Developments
RINA, The Modern Yacht Conference, September 2003.
Optimalisatie van het skutsje "Elisabeth"
with Niels Moerke, Article in magazine "Spiegel der Zeilvaart", February 2004.
De Stroming Rond een Lemsteraak
with Niels Moerke, AArticle in magazine "Spiegel der Zeilvaart", March 2007.