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- Sail (30)
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100 Boat Designs Reviewed 
Design Commentaries by the Experts (Woodenboat) on a number of boats from powerboats to daysailers and rowboats from designers including Howard Chapelle, John Alden, Henry Scheel, and Joel White. (Added: 2-Oct-1999 Hits: 6046) | Rate | Visit
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American Small Sailing Craft 
by H.I. Chapelle. IN THE present-day search for small sailing craft, low in cost and easily maintained, the once numerous types of small working boats formerly employed in the longshore fisheries should be considered... (Added: 23-Mar-2005 Hits: 2539) | Rate | Visit
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Basic Ship Theory : Hydrostatics and Strength 
by K. J. Rawson, E. C. Tupper
The first of two volumes that have become the standard introductory text for undergraduate students of naval architecture, first published in 1968 and most recently revised in 1989. Volume one covers the basic geometry, measurement, safety, structural strength, stability, and the all important floatability. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 4586) | Rate | Visit
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Boat Data Book by Ian Nicolson 
This third edition has been expanded to include more tables and new data on the latest developments involving anchors, masts, propellers, winches and the like. As before, Nicolson has packed a tremendous amount of detailed information into dozens of easy-to-use tables and graphs, accompanied by clear illustrations and concise, explanatory text. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 3973) | Rate | Visit
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Boats With an Open Mind 
75 Unconventional Designs and Concepts by Philip C. Bolger
Innovative designs include a planning microtrawler; a glass-galleried, beachable birdwatching boat; a fully enclosed ocean-cruising rowboat; cruising sailboats that take the ground at low tide; power, sail, and rowing boats from 6 to 60 feet. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 3558) | Rate | Visit
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Computational Geometry for Ships. H. Nowacki M.I.G. Bloor B. Oleksiewicz 
Textbook covering curve defintion, representation, and generation ship curve design, eementary mathematical properties of surfaces, the PDE Method for Surface Generation, Blend Design, Free-Form Surface Design, Numerical Solutions of Elliptic PDEs, Surface Generation, Analysis of Surface Fairness, and Hydrodynamic Evaluation of Generated Surfaces. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 3428) | Rate | Visit
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Cruising Designs 
Benford Design Group. Design catlog of power and sail cruising designs from 7 - 130'. (Added: 7-Oct-1999 Hits: 5832) | Rate | Visit
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Designing Power & Sail by Arthur Edmunds
Written in terms anyone can understand with formulas, tables, line drawings and illustrations to explain the process of design in great detail. A good book for a beginner to start with. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 3828) | Rate | Visit
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Fifty Wooden Boats
"An exceptional example of well-written, informative and inspiring cataloque of fifty classical wooden boat designs." (Added: 22-May-2001 Hits: 2575) | Rate | Visit
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From My Old Boat Shop
One-Lung Engines, Fantail Launches, & Other Marine Delights. Includes three chapters on building and testing models using a simple towing rig developed by another prominent naval architect, Sam Rabl. Pat Spurlock and Weston Farmer. (Added: 8-Nov-2000 Hits: 2697) | Rate | Visit
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How to Design a Boat by John Teale 
John Teale, Naval Architect and editor of Motor Boat and Yachting for years, 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. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 5011) | Rate | Visit
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Introduction to Naval Architecture 
Fully re-organized and re-written successor to the well-known Muckle's Naval Architecture, a single volume reference for students, marine engineers and naval architects alike. By E. C. Tupper (Added: 8-Jan-2001 Hits: 3217) | Rate | Visit
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Introduction to Naval Architecture by Thomas C. Gillmer & Bruce Johnson 
The engineering fundamentals of naval architecture are emphasized in this basic textbook which develops such topics as ship geometry, strength, and stability, submarine hydrostatics, ship hazards and vulnerability, and ship hydrodynamics. This generously illustrated volume includes numerous example problems and suggestions for additional study. (Added: 1-Oct-1999 Hits: 3274) | Rate | Visit
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