Rae Sa | HOW TO DESIGN ee illic) ” |Contents 1 Preliminary sketches and calculations Equipment e 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 Icb » 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