[Tex/LaTex] Drawing figure of a boat with the Tikz-package

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I want to draw a simple figure of a boat in LaTex, does anyone know a good way to do that? Is TikZ the best package to use for this? I want it to look similar to the boat in the picture below, which I think seem to have been made using TikZ. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
Simple picture of a boat

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_{A boat! Couldn't resist.}

This should get you started.

\documentclass[tikz,border=4mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[x=0.5cm,y=0.5cm,thick,line cap=round]
    \draw (0,4) -- (4,0) -- +(0,-2);
    \draw (4,-2) to[out=180,in=-90,looseness=1.2] (0,4);
    \draw (0,4) to [out=50,in=190,looseness=0.8] (14,14);
    \draw (4,0) to [out=40,in=260,looseness=0.8] (14,14);
    \draw (4,-2) to [out=40,in=280,looseness=0.8] (14,14);
    \draw[name path=a,line width=1pt, -latex] (0,0) -- (16,16)
                            node[pos=0.9,inner sep=3mm] (x) {}
                            node[pos=1.02] {$x_b$};
    \draw[name path=b,line width=1pt, -latex] (0,14) -- (14,0) node[pos=1.02] {$y_b$};
    \path[name intersections={of=a and b,by={I}}];
    \draw[line width=1pt,dashed, -latex] (I)node[right,font=\tiny] {CoG} -- +(0,-5cm)
                            node[pos=1.02] {$z_b$};
    \draw[-latex] (x.north west) to[out=110,in=-20,looseness=5] (x.south east);
    \node[right,font=\tiny] at ([xshift=5mm]x.east) {roll $p$};
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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Actually this is rather simple. There are several ways to do it. One way would be to place the first node using \node (NAME) at (POSITION) {TEXT}; and then further nodes using \node (NAME) [below left=Y and X of NODE] {TEXT}; etc.. Arrows can be drawn using \draw [->] (NODE1) -- (NODE2);. Add a trailing node [OPTIONS] {TEXT} before the ; to add labels to the arrows.

\documentclass{standalone}% For the example only, any class will do

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}% To get more advances positioning options
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}% To get more arrow heads

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[>=triangle 45,font=\sffamily]
    \node (X) at (0,0) {x};
    \node (Y) [below left=2cm and 1cm of X]  {y};% 2cm below, 1cm to the left (optional)
    \node (Z) [below right=2cm and 1cm of X] {z};
    \node (U) [below left=2cm and 1cm of Z]  {u};
    \draw [semithick,->] (X) -- (Y);
    \draw [semithick,->] (X) -- (Z);
    \draw [semithick,->] (Y) -- (U) node [midway,below,sloped] {*};
    \draw [semithick,->] (Z) -- (U) node [midway,below,sloped] {*};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Drawing the Celestial Sphere with Tikz Package

First you have some code with TikZ arc on a 3d-sphere-in-tikz

Then you can use Google Earth to create a picture of the earth with png or pdf. (I don't know if I can place this kind of picture here. I can remove it If this is not allowed.)

enter image description here

In the next example, I haven't turned the earth to have the correct position. It's only to make an attempt. Then you place this picture in the background. I take your code, remove the earth and place this code :

\begin{pgfonlayer}{background}  
         \node {\includegraphics[scale=.655]{earth.pdf}};  
\end{pgfonlayer}

With the next code you get :

enter image description here The complete code is :

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,fadings,decorations.pathreplacing,backgrounds}
\usepackage{verbatim}
%% helper macros
\newcommand\pgfmathsinandcos[3]{%
  \pgfmathsetmacro#1{sin(#3)}%
  \pgfmathsetmacro#2{cos(#3)}%
}
\newcommand\LongitudePlane[3][current plane]{%
  \pgfmathsinandcos\sinEl\cosEl{#2} % elevation
  \pgfmathsinandcos\sint\cost{#3} % azimuth
  \tikzset{#1/.estyle={cm={\cost,\sint*\sinEl,0,\cosEl,(0,0)}}}
}
\newcommand\LatitudePlane[3][current plane]{%
  \pgfmathsinandcos\sinEl\cosEl{#2} % elevation
  \pgfmathsinandcos\sint\cost{#3} % latitude
  \pgfmathsetmacro\yshift{\cosEl*\sint}
  \tikzset{#1/.estyle={cm={\cost,0,0,\cost*\sinEl,(0,\yshift)}}} %
}
\newcommand\DrawLongitudeCircle[2][4]{
  \LongitudePlane{\angEl}{#2}
  \tikzset{current plane/.prefix style={scale=#1}}
   % angle of "visibility"
  \pgfmathsetmacro\angVis{atan(sin(#2)*cos(\angEl)/sin(\angEl))} %
  \draw[current plane] (\angVis:1) arc (\angVis:\angVis+180:1);
  \draw[current plane,dashed] (\angVis-180:1) arc (\angVis-180:\angVis:1);
}
\newcommand\DrawLatitudeCircle[2][5]{
  \LatitudePlane{\angEl}{#2}
  \tikzset{current plane/.prefix style={scale=#1}}
  \pgfmathsetmacro\sinVis{sin(#2)/cos(#2)*sin(\angEl)/cos(\angEl)}
  % angle of "visibility"
  \pgfmathsetmacro\angVis{asin(min(1,max(\sinVis,-1)))}
  \draw[current plane] (\angVis:1) arc (\angVis:-\angVis-180:1);
  \draw[current plane,dashed] (180-\angVis:1) arc (180-\angVis:\angVis:1);
}

%% document-wide tikz options and styles

\tikzset{%
  >=latex, % option for nice arrows
  inner sep=0pt,%
  outer sep=2pt,%
  mark coordinate/.style={inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,minimum size=4pt,
  fill=black,circle}%
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[rotate=-23.5] % "THE GLOBE" showcase


    \def\R{2} % sphere radius
    \def\angEl{5} % elevation angle
    \def\angAz{105} % azimuth angle
    \def\angPhi{-40} % longitude of point P
    \def\angBeta{19} % latitude of point P

    \pgfmathsetmacro\H{\R*cos(\angEl)} % distance to north pole
    \tikzset{xyplane/.estyle={cm={cos(\angAz),sin(\angAz)*sin(\angEl),-sin(\angAz),
                                  cos(\angAz)*sin(\angEl),(0,-\H)}}}
    \LongitudePlane[xzplane]{\angEl}{\angAz}
    \LatitudePlane[equator]{\angEl}{0}

   %  \filldraw[ball color=green, fill opacity=1] (0,0) circle (\R);
  %  \draw (0,0) circle (\R);
    \coordinate (O) at (0,0);
    \coordinate[mark coordinate] (N) at (0,\H);
    \coordinate[mark coordinate] (S) at (0,-\H);



    \draw[<->] (0,-\H-5) -- (0,\R+5) node[above] {}; %axis of rotation
    \draw[<->,rotate=23.5] (0,-\H-5) -- (0,\R+5) node[above] {}; %axis of rotation

    \path[xzplane] (\R,0) coordinate (XE);

    \DrawLatitudeCircle[\R,color=red]{0} % equator

    % \node[above=10pt, right=6pt] at (N) {\bf{North}};
    % \node[above=2pt, right=9pt] at (N) {\bf{Pole}};
    % 
    % \node[below=3pt, left=6pt] at (S) {\bf{South}};
    % \node[below=12pt, left=9pt] at (S) {\bf{Pole}};    

    \def\R{6} % sphere radius
    \def\angEl{5} % elevation angle
    \def\angAz{105} % azimuth angle
    \def\angPhi{-40} % longitude of point P
    \def\angBeta{19} % latitude of point P

    \pgfmathsetmacro\H{\R*cos(\angEl)} % distance to north pole
    \tikzset{xyplane/.estyle={cm={cos(\angAz),sin(\angAz)*sin(\angEl),-sin(\angAz),
                                  cos(\angAz)*sin(\angEl),(0,-\H)}}}
    \LongitudePlane[xzplane]{\angEl}{\angAz}
    \LatitudePlane[equator]{\angEl}{0}

     \filldraw[ball color=blue, fill opacity=0.3] (0,0) circle (\R);
    \draw (0,0) circle (\R);

    \coordinate (O) at (0,0);
    \coordinate[mark coordinate] (N) at (0,\H);
    \coordinate[mark coordinate] (S) at (0,-\H);
    \path[xzplane] (\R,0) coordinate (XE);


    \DrawLatitudeCircle[\R,fill=red,fill opacity =0.1,color=red]{0} % equator
    \DrawLatitudeCircle[\R,rotate=23.5, color=yellow]{0} % ecliptic

    \DrawLongitudeCircle[\R]{\angAz+15} % xzplane

    \node[above=10pt, right=5pt] at (N) {\bf{North Celestial Pole}};
    \node[below=10pt, left=5pt] at (S) {\bf{South Celestial Pole}};
\begin{pgfonlayer}{background}  
         \node {\includegraphics[scale=.655]{earth.pdf}};  
\end{pgfonlayer}   

    \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{document}

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