Books to Be Read With This Lesson

• Yacht Designing and Planning by Howard 1. Chapelle
• Skene's Elements of Yacht Design ed. by Francis Kinney

Minimum Tools for This Lesson if Taking the Course Entirely Using CAD

    Rhinoceros® (commonly called “Rhino”) Either Educational or Commercial License.

    If your budget allows you should also get at least the “Flamingo” and “Penguin” rendering plug-ins for Rhino.  We recommend that you use Rhino with the “SpaceNavigator” 3D motion controller from www.3dconnexion.com

    Note: The tools for manual drafting cost more, by the time you’ve bought the recommended tools for the first few lessons, than taking our “CAD Course” in the use of Rhino for marine design work plus purchasing the Rhino software and accompanying rendering and animation plug-ins.  Aside from the knowledge gaining the Certificate received at the end of the “CAD Course” is quite valuable in and of itself.  There is tremendous demand for Rhino operators in the marine industry.

Minimum Tools for This Lesson If Using Manual Drafting

• .3mm Lead Drafting Pencil with "H" Leads
• .5mm Lead Drafting Pencil with 'H" Leads
• #109 Copenhagen Ship's Curve
• Medium Size 30/60/90 Transparent Plastic Drafting Triangle
• Medium Size 45/45/90 Transparent Plastic Drafting Triangle
• Metal Erasing Shield
• Workable Fixative
• Mylar Drafting Film (Preferably 24"x36')

What You Receive With This Lesson

• Lines of the Crown Jewel 36
• Profile of the 40' tug Merganser
• Accommodations Plan and Profiles of Firedrake

What You Will Learn in This Lesson

• Defining the Profession
• How One Becomes a Designer
• School's Philosophy & Approach to Testing and Grading Use of the Basic Drafting Tools
• Review of Basic Math
• Review of Opportunities for Designers and Draftsmen