| Yacht Design Elements |
| A Manual of Calculations |
The following table of contents is preliminary only. Everything mentioned will be included but more will be added as the book is worked on. This book is designed to replace several out of print technical works. It is intended to be easy to read and largely self teaching. It will be the sort of boat that is great fun for the person who needs to know how things work to study. It is not however reading for the non-thinking person. To enjoy and use this book you need to know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Basic familiarity with equations will be helpful but you should be able to understand anything and use it as long as you understand basic math. People wishing to really learn to yacht design for a major avocation or vocation should take our Yacht Design School course which gets much more deeply into training you to be a good designer not just someone who can do these calculations. The Yacht Design School lessons are actually good to read just for general enjoyment. The material below may end up being organized in a manner similar to the lessons in the YDS Course.
| Contents |
| Tables & Units |
| Principles of Mathematics |
| The Law of Mechanical Similitude |
| Solid & Fluid Mechanics |
| Strength of Materials |
| Characteristics of Materials |
| Required Horsepower for Displacement Hulls |
| Sailboat Balance |
| Galvanic Series of Metals |
| Required Horsepower for Planing Hulls |
| Lines for Developed Surface Hulls |
| Resistance Calculation |
| Displacement to Length Ratio |
| Performance Evaluation With and Without Models |
| Machine Elements |
| Internal Combustion Engines |
| Propellor Calculations |
| Rudder Stock Calculations |
| Unstayed Mast Calculations |
| Stayed Mast Calculations |
| List of Most Useful Design Tools |
| Accommodating the Human Figure |
| Scantlings Rules for Various Types of Wood, Fiberglass, Steel and Aluminum Construction |
| Maximum Bending Moment |
| Design Section Modulus |
| Allowable Bending Stress |
| Maximum Bending Stress |
| Maximum Shear Stress |
| Moments |
| Displacement by Simpson's Rule |
| Displacement by the Trapezoidal Rule |
| Tonnage Calculations |
| Longitudinal Center of Bouyancy |
| Prismatic Coefficient |
| Block Coefficient |
| Midsection Coefficient |
| Waterplane Coefficient |
| Pounds per Inch Immersion |
| Wetted Surface |
| Weight Estimating |
| Comparative Weights |
| Location of Ballast |
| Amount of Ballast |
| Calculation of Ballast |
| Vertical Center of Gravity of Ballast |
| Wind Pressure Coefficient Method of Comparing Stiffness |
| Dellenbaugh Angle Method of Comparing Stiffness |
| Inclining Experiments |
| Period of Roll |
| Period of Pitch |
| Transverse Metacenter |
| Full Stability Calculations |
| Moment of Inertia |
| Moment of Inertia of a Water Plane about the Center Line |
| Moment to Alter Trim One Inch |
| Longitudinal Center of Flotation |
| Vertical Center of Bouyancy |
| Vertical Center of Gravity |
| Radius of Gyration |
| Section Modulus |
| Moment of Inertia |
| Fuel Consumption |
| Gasoline & Diesel Oil |
| Electrical Loads |
| Wiring Size |
| Wire Sizes for Amperes |
| Horsepower to Run an Alternator |
| Conversion Factors |
| Useful Formulas of Finding Weights |
| Muscular Energy of the Average Male Human Being |
| Chain Locker Volume for Self-Stowing Chain |
| Wheel Versus Tiller Calculations |
| Ladder Design |
| Typical Sound Levels |
| Strength and Weight of BBB Chain |
| Laying out an Ellipse |
| Pipe Davits |
| Pipe |
| Finding Square Roots |
| Finding Cube Roots |
| Weights of Materials |
| Weights of Cargos |
| Decimals of a Foot to 64ths parts of an Inch |
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