Form Design for a Jet-Ski by Samudra Shipyard Ltd.


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Creator/Artist: Abhishek Gogoi

Category: Mobility Design

Document: P1 Project

Batch: 2015-2017

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf


Detailed Description

Samudra Shipyard (P) Ltd. is located around the Kollam-Kottapuram Waterways.

The project assigned was to design a new form for the deck of a water scooter or micro-boat made by Samudra Shipyard. In its initial stage, the project had three factors linked to it: not altering the hull of the boat; changing the propulsion from the outboard engine with an inboard engine with jet propulsion; and a sporty character sitting as a pillion rider with adequate storage space for freebies and life jackets.

After going through and studying the water scooter that Samudra Shipyard makes, a brief study on an existing Yamaha Jet-Ski was done. The Jet-Ski that was in the shipyard is a Yamaha SuperJet. It is categorised as a PWC (personal watercraft).