Year: 1985 Language: english Author: Brewer T. Genre: Manual Publisher: International Marine Publishing Co ISBN: 0-87742-193-5 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 231 Description: Yacht design is the graceful and artistic merging of science and art into a single, pleasing form. With a keen eye for aesthetics and an engineer’s crisp emphasis on precision, Ted Brewer guides you into the designer’s world. Throughout the pages of this text you are put into the designer’s shoes and asked to consider, at each critical point, which of the many possible design choices are most in keeping with your ultimate objective. Ted Brewer keeps you ever mindful of the necessary balance between art and science. Achieving that balance is'the designer’s greatest skill and talent. Beginning with a detailed look at the language of yacht design, you’ll move quickly into a complete discussion of hull shapes; keels and rudders; bows, sterns, and sheerlines; rigs and rigging; engines; interiors; decks; and construction techniques. There is an interesting chapter on how you can deal more efficiently with the designer in planning your own sailboat, and an enlightening discussion of motorsailers. A very complete glossary and bibliography round out the treatment. Reading this book will remove much of the mystery surrounding the designer’s work. You will be better able to understand your own desires and wishes, and you will be able to translate those wishes into your own boat whether it’s a good stock boat or a custom design.
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Ted Brewer Explains Sailboat Design
Language: english
Author: Brewer T.
Genre: Manual
Publisher: International Marine Publishing Co
ISBN: 0-87742-193-5
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 231
Description: Yacht design is the graceful and artistic merging of science and art into a single, pleasing form. With a keen eye for aesthetics and an engineer’s crisp emphasis on precision, Ted Brewer guides you into the designer’s world.
Throughout the pages of this text you are put into the designer’s shoes and asked to consider, at each critical point, which of the many possible design choices are most in keeping with your ultimate objective. Ted Brewer keeps you ever mindful of the necessary balance between art and science. Achieving that balance is'the designer’s greatest skill and talent.
Beginning with a detailed look at the language of yacht design, you’ll move quickly into a complete discussion of hull shapes; keels and rudders; bows, sterns, and sheerlines; rigs and rigging; engines; interiors; decks; and construction techniques. There is an interesting chapter on how you can deal more efficiently with the designer in planning your own sailboat, and an enlightening discussion of motorsailers. A very complete glossary and bibliography round out the treatment.
Reading this book will remove much of the mystery surrounding the designer’s work. You will be better able to understand your own desires and wishes, and you will be able to translate those wishes into your own boat whether it’s a good stock boat or a custom design.
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