HOW TO DESIGN A BOAT

Here is a pretty straightforward guide prepared by John Teale to take the beginner sail- and powerboat boat designers step-by-step through the most important stages of the process. The author explains the reasons standing behind the procedures covered in this book, and uses the very typical drawings and lines plans for illustration. The first edition of the book was published some time ago and has proved to be a true bestseller.

The book starts with a fairly simple boat design and then the complexity and size of the boats grow as the readers progress, from chapter to chapter. There are many boat types addressed in this publication, both small and large ones, and the knowledge imparted by the book to the novices may easily provide incentive for launching a new career in boat and yacht design. The explanations have been presented is such the easy-to-understand way that even the first-time boat designers will find it suitable and very helpful for themselves. In this second edition, some calculations have been simplified even more and some new boat designs have been added.

Take a time reading this book and you will better understand the decisions that are taken by the boat designers and understand what usually people mean when they are talking about technicalities...