Principles of Yacht Design
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071353933 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This edition is revised and expanded to cover powerboats as well as sailboats.. It follows the design of a 40-foot cruising sailboat from the first sketch to the final weight, strength, and sail area calculations, with tables, charts, and diagrams to let the reader adapt the process to any design. Principles of Yacht Design is both comprehensible to amateurs and comprehensive for professionals
Rolf E Eliasson, a yacht design/construction engineer specialising in yacht structures, runs his own design company for both production and one-off yachts. Rolf Eliasson has been a member of working groups within the EU since 1990, setting ISO standards for yacht safety, stability and scantlings. He has written around 100 papers on computational fluid dynamics applied to ship hydrodynamics, an
Highly detailed and technical analysis of yacht design Juan M. Lleras Larsson and Eliasson present - in detail - the engineering and naval architecture processes that a yacht designer should use in designing a seaworthy yacht. The book presents, as an example, the design -from scratch- of a 40 ft. cruising sloop. Every aspect of yacht design is covered: hull shape, speed, friction, displacement, stability, dynamic stability, rigging, construction, interior design ergonomics, deck design, scantlings, standards, etc.Typical of an engineering book, the sty. Basically comprehensive but calcs are incomplete This is a worthwhile text on yacht design and is fairly comprehensive. It's the best replacement to date for the venerable but dated "Elements of Yacht Design" by Norman Skene. One word of caution though-if you take the time to actually follow through all the formulas and design methodologies, you'll find that the calculations are often incomplete or simply incorrect! If the publishers or authors would take the time to properly edit this book, they'd really have something.. Excellent Design Guide The second edition of this book is an excellent step by step guide to both power and sail design. The book is written by a professor and professional yacht designer, that provide both excellent science and practical experience.Yacht design is not a simple topic and cannot be made into childs play. THere are complex trades among stability, speed, displacement, length to beam ratios and much more. Most any boat will float if some effort is made to be sure its materials do not out weigh
" In sailboat design, Principles is more detailed and up-to-date than Skene's and a copy belongs in the collection af any aspiring designer." -- Soundings" essential in understaning the new era in yacht design." -- WoodenBoat"Whereas Skene's remains a great primer on design basics-Prinicples of Yacht Design goes far beyond-this one is bound to become a classic." -- Cruising World