During my Internship on Emirates Team New Zealand I was asked to work on the AC75 model for their simulator. The plan was as I was making the model to define a workflow of modelling, animating, rendering that would work simultaneously for two different engines.
Most of the parts are separated from the hull mesh so they can be modified in engine and correctly respond to wind, speed. etc. Also the plan was to possible re-use models and textures on other boats.
I used texel of 1024 pixels per meter (apart from the hull).