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4 BAS | a ee Ss ie @, ee a ie FB <- RTteen em etc Contents 1 Preliminary sketches and calculations Equipment « The initial sketch « Freeboard and sheer + Beam « Depth « Displacement calculation 2 Completing the preliminary designs Displacement + Longitudinal centre of gravity (Icg) and longitudinal centre of buoyancy (Icb) » Other tonnages ¢ Hull form « Flatties « Round bilges » Fin keels + Centreboards « Rudders « Sail area 3 Making the working drawings Drawing board « Splines * Weights « Curves + Planimeter » Sundries * Rabbet (or rebate) line + Canoe stern, round bilge version « Grid « Waterlines « Buttocks ¢ Diagonals » Curve of areas » Drawing the lines Offset table » Hard chine lines plan + Conic projection « Centre of effort (CE) and ‘lead’ 4 Motor boat design Speed/length ratio « Wave making « Motor boat hulls ¢ Low wave making types « Beam and Ich « Deadrise ° Spray rails » Speed prediction + Stepped hulls + Propellers « Tunnel sterns 17 40 67 Contents 5 Resistance, sail plans and hull balance Resistance « Prismatic coefficient « The rig « Hull balance « Aspect-ratio of hull appendages « End plates ¢ Propellers on sailing craft 6 Constructional considerations Ply construction « Cold moulding » WEST «+ Traditional timber (with variations) »* Double diagonal « Strip and long diagonal planking « Steel « Aluminium alloy « Ferro-concrete « GRP 7 Stability 8 Further design considerations Camber « Stanchions and bulwarks' + Rake of masts « In conclusion Glossary Index 92 109 136 144 151 154

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