Yacht Architecture

Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised and expanded. It examines every aspect of the process of yacht and powerboat design. The new edition includes new findings from recent research in aero and hydrodynamics, as well as covering the most recent changes to building standards. The authors have used a newly built 41-foot performance cruiser to demonstrate the practical application of yacht design theory. This new edition includes photos of the building process and detailed explanations.

The first guide to design aimed at every sailor. The authors examine a range of boats, from a 14-foot dinghy to a 40-foot cruiser, a catamaran to an offshore singlehander, to show what makes hulls, keels, ballast, rudders, foils, masts, and sails work. Their explanations include state-of-the-art graphics, dynamic charts, and photographs.

This book is a comprehensive guide to building yachts for beginners. While there is plenty written for the experienced boat-builder this little book sets out the features of yacht design for those whose interest is just beginning. Part I is dedicated to Theory and Construction including chapters on Laws of Hydrostatics, Conventions in the Drawing of Yachts, Speed Accommodation and Cost, Hull Form, Sail Plans and others. The second part is focused on The Practice of Design with chapters on Drawing, Calculations, Analysis of Hull Form, Design Rules and Theories.

A great designer offers you a virtuoso tour through the world of sailboats Bob Perry initiated the trend toward fast voyaging sailboats with his world-famous Valiant 40, which has been in production longer than any other cruising sailboat in history. But Perry is not only a leading yacht designer--he is also an accomplished wordsmith whose blunt, insightful, irreverent, and always entertaining boat reviews have captivated readers of Sailing magazine for 24 years. This book is vintage Perry, a no-holds-barred tour of the world of yacht design through the benchmark boats of his 30-year career.

A useful instrument for Yacht Design students and an enjoyable reading for boat builders and boat owners who want to learn more about their yachts. An overall check of all yacht design aspects, with useful suggestions and a few tricks of the trade.

This book from 1905 was intended to be a concise and practical presentation of the processes involved in designing a classic yacht of these times. This handbook was thoroughly intended to be practical in character, all mathermatics and theoretical presentations having been eleminated as far as possible, so that the operations may readily be grasped by men without technical education.A special feature of this book is the series of curves for determining the proportions of sailing yachts of various sizes.The different operations involved in designing a sailing yacht are illustrated in the text by work on the 30-foot water line sloop whose plans are given in full. The complete data on this design is also given in the appendix.