Year: 1984 Language: English Author: Tim Thornton Genre: Handbook Publisher: Adlard Coles Edition: First ISBN: 0.229-11681-7 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 325 Description: This book presents a modem and authoritative View of current yacht design, construction and instalation practice with particular reference to yachts Intended for extended offshore passage making, Whether racing or cruising. The offshore yacht has become a sophisticated and complex machine, and no owner can afford to disregard detailed knowledge of the boat and her equipment. The author's approach hast therefore been to discuss each aspect of the boat's total design In detail, and give a good understanding of each facet. There Is enough advanced material here to provide much thought-provoking Information to anyone thinking of buying or commissioning the building of a yacht. The technical nature of modern sailing demands such a considered approach,and the final sections of the book on handicapping systems and the IOR itself are of particular value to racing boat owners, builders and designers.
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The Offshore Yacht
Language: English
Author: Tim Thornton
Genre: Handbook
Publisher: Adlard Coles
Edition: First
ISBN: 0.229-11681-7
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 325
Description: This book presents a modem and authoritative View of current yacht design, construction and instalation practice with particular reference to yachts Intended for extended offshore passage making, Whether racing or cruising. The offshore yacht has become a sophisticated and complex machine, and no owner can afford to disregard detailed knowledge of the boat and her equipment. The author's approach hast therefore been to discuss each aspect of the boat's total design In detail, and give a good understanding of each facet. There Is enough advanced material here to provide much thought-provoking Information to anyone thinking of buying or commissioning the building of a yacht.
The technical nature of modern sailing demands such a considered approach,and the final sections of the book on handicapping systems and the IOR itself are of particular value to racing boat owners, builders and designers.
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