Yacht Designing and Planning

This most favored book on the subject includes discussions of contemporary design and materials as they influence the yacht designer's work. Written primarily for the beginner, the book first gives directions for the use of tools, and suggestions for material and other equipment. Successive chapters cover specific problems relating to the preliminary design, the lines, construction and joiner plan, and sail plans, with full discussion and directions for handling the many problems involved. Especially important is the chapter describing in detail the complete process of drawing the lines of a yacht as it is done in actual practice.

1995 / hardcover / ISBN 0-393-03756-8 / Drawings / 375 pages / sailing

• Howard I. Chapelle's many other books include Boatbuilding, The Search for Speed Under Sail, American Small Sailing Craft, History of the American Sailing Navy, American Sailing Craft, History of American Sailing Ships, and The Baltimore Clipper.