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Skene's is one of the most famous books on yacht design ever written. First published in 1904, Skene did several revisions, the last of which was published in 1938 and reprinted here in its original form. In 1962, the book was completely revised by Francis S. Kinney and re-published as Skene's Elements of Yacht Design. Kinney's last version was in 1973 and it is long out of print. While the experts are divided on the relative merits of the different editions, it appears that there is strong demand for Skene's original work. At last the book is again available to the many boatbuilders. aspiring naval architects and sailors who need it for frequent reference. The index has been completely revised and expanded to make it more useful for today's readers. "This book is intended to be a practical and concise presentation of some of the operations involved in designing yachts of all types. Cumbersome and impractical methods which are so often found in more pretentious works on naval architecture have been avoided. Those presented have been in everyday use by the author." Thus wrote Norman L. Skene int he preface to the fifth edition of Elements of Yacht Design.
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"You'll find yourself browsing through it often as one of your primary references."
"A good overview of small craft design with many useful formulae."
"The writing is concise. But then it is a technical reference book and, even allowing for time-saving modern computer-assisted design methods, it remains undated because the principles of engineering and maths have remained the same. It is a publication for a designer, or a book collector." -- Sailing & Yachting "Sailing & Yachting"
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"A good overview of small craft design with many useful formulae."
"The writing is concise. But then it is a technical reference book and, even allowing for time-saving modern computer-assisted design methods, it remains undated because the principles of engineering and maths have remained the same. It is a publication for a designer, or a book collector." -- Sailing & Yachting "Sailing & Yachting"
Norman L. Skene was one of America's foremost yacht designers. This book is his legacy.
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- PublisherA & C Black Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0713614684
- ISBN 13 9780713614688
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages351
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Elements of Yacht Design
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(1974)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. An excellent guide in a good revised edition [Dodd]. pp.[x].351. Illus. Plans. DW in archival sleeve; chip to cover. Seller Inventory # 013386
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Elements of yacht design by Norman L Skene
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> and with photographs, diagrams and graphs Long recognised as the standard work in its field, this practical guide to yacht design has been completely revised and expanded (the extent has been increased by 138 pages) by Francis S. Kinney, a yacht designer for twenty-seven years. New material has been added on twelve-metres, handicap rules and changes that affect IOR ratings, horsepower for displacement-type boats, propeller calculations, self-steerers, etc. All the information needed for the design of both sailing and motor boats has been provided including tools, drawings, specifications, balance, spars and rigging, resistance, rudders and a mass of other useful data. Also discussed is boat building in wood, fibreglass, steel, aluminium and ferro cement, the latter a new material. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM256-VG-6623
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