Download or read book Yacht Designing and Planning written by Howard I. Chapelle and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to yacht designing 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 plans, and sail plans, with full discussion and directions for handling the many problems involved. A significant chapter describes in detail the complete process of drawing the lines of a yacht as it is done in practice.