How to Design a Boat - Softcover

Teale, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574091573 ISBN 13: 9781574091571

Publisher: Sheridan House, 2003

Synopsis

Since it was first published, How to Design a Boat has proven itself a bestseller.

This book will take you step-by-step through the stages of designing both power and sailing boats, explaining the reasons behind the procedures and using sketches and reproductions of working drawings to facilitate learning.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

There is nothing magical or particularly brilliant about designing a boat, and you don't need to be an Einstein or a Leonardo da Vinci to sketch out the sort of craft that appeals to you. Indeed this first sketch that many potential owners will have made at some time is the most important part of a design. It needs only the bare bones to be fleshed out and some checks and balances to complete the design process. This may take a little time but it certainly isn't difficult. And the same processes apply for a dinghy as well as a cruising yacht.

John Teale takes the reader step-by-step through the stages of designing both power and sailing boats, while also explaining the reasons behind the process. Sketches and reproductions of working drawings are used throughout to help understanding so that by the end of the book even a first time designer's effort can be translated by a builder into a sensible and workmanlike reality.

Since it was first published, How to Design a Boat has proved itself a bestseller. The second edition simplifies several calculations and introduces new designs.

About the Author:

For over forty years, John Teale designed cruising yachts, fast powerboats, motor cruisers and commercial craft. Virtually all his designs were one-offs and were built all over the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1574091573
• ISBN 13: 9781574091571
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 144