Yacht Design School – Lesson 7
Artistry & Proportion in Design
Revised 02/24/2003
Books To Be Read With This Lesson
The American Fishing Schooners 1825-1935 by Howard I. Chapelle
Common Sense of Yacht Design by L. Francis Herreshoff
The History of American Sailing Ships by Howard I. Chapelle
John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs by Robert W. Carrick and Richard Henderson
Laurent Giles and His Yacht Designs by Adrian Lee and Ruby Philpott
Pete Culler's Boats by John Burke
Rendering in Mixed Media by Joseph Ungar
The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855 by Howard I. Chapelle
Sensible Cruising Designs by L. Francis Herreshoff
Skiffs and Schooners by R. D. Culler ("Pete" Culler)
Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. "Ted" Brewer
Yacht Designing & Planning by Howard I. Chapelle
Yacht Designs by William Garden*
Yacht Designs II by William Garden
Of Yachts and Men by William Atkin
"Various Books" by Philip C. Bolger
* It would be difficult to complete this lesson without this book.
Tools for This Lesson
No additional manual drafting tools are required.
Optionally you may want to have and use the Rhino/Flamingo design and rendering packages
to evaluate appearance in three dimensions.
What You Will Receive With This Lesson
Outboard Profile of Firedrake
Outboard Profile of Anacortes 32
Outboard Profile of Bird of Passage
Outboard Profile of Lochlann 46
What You Will Learn In This Lesson
Part I.
Drafting Styling - Why we do it
Discussing the Conventions
Producing Various Effects
Detail Drafting Techniques
Producing an Emotional Response in the Non-Technical Mind Through
Pictorial Elements
Part II.
Styling Rules for Defining the Appearance of the Vessel
Bows and Sterns
Beauty in Curves and How to Create It
Gentle Versus Strong Curves
Interesting the Visual Portion of Brain with Proper Use of
Strengthening and Loosening Curves
The Sheer
Relating the Sheer to the Beam and Beam Distribution of the Vessel
Relating Sheer Heights at the Forward and Aft Ends of the Load Water
Line
Relating the Sheer to the Type of Ends
Relating the Sheer to the Emotional Response Desired
Relating the Sheer to the Type of Vessel
Relating the Sheer to the Service the Vessel Will See
The Difference Between the Appearance of the Sheer on Paper and the
Sheer in the Water
Drawing Sheers that Look Best in the Water
Sheer Expansion
Planar Sheers
Judging Sheer with Models
Judging Sheer with Computer Rendering of Perspective
Choosing Proper Rakes for any Design Element
Normal Rakes Versus Streamlining
Lack of Purity in Decision Making in Streamlining
Restricting "Streamlining" to a Limited Range of Types
"Dating" of the Particular Style of Streamlining
Fads and Fashions in Streamlining
Placement of Ports and Windows
Relating Placement and Rakes to the Structures Around Them
Relationship Between Sheer and Trunk Heights
Importance of Distinguishing Between Apparent Heights and True Heights
Cabin Trunk Height Usually Deducts Moldings and the Overhead
Topsides Generally Deduct Moldings, Boottops, Contrasting Wales, etc.
Cabin top Centerline Distance from Eye
Cabin Side Further from Eye than Sheer
Designing within Traditional Types
Limitations of Modifying Traditional Types
Part III.
Principle of Form Follows Function
Part IV.
Developing the Artistic Feel in Engineering
Artistry in Hardware
Importance in Construction
Part V.
Simplicity and Unity of Line
Moldings and Other Trim
Importance of Weight and Full Radii in Moldings
Part VI.
Perspective and Rendering Using Garden and Rendering in Mixed Meda.
Perspective and Rendering Using Rhino and Flamingo