A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS DRAWINGS OF CELEBRATED YACHTS. 

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YACHT DESIGNING: 



A TREATISE 



ON THB 



PRACTICAL APPLICATION of the SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES 



UPON WHICH 18 BASED 



THE ART OP DESIGNING YACHTS. 

 By DIXON KEMP, A.I.N.A., 



Author o/A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing." 



rpHIS WORK has been compiled to give information nppn the 

 _L practical application of the scientific principles upon which the 

 art of Yacht Designing ia based. A complete system of construc- 

 tion is provided for the guidance of the inexperienced, together 

 with all necessary information relative to the primary subjects of 

 buoyancy, stability, resistance, and speed. 



CONTENTS. 



Ch f*!lExplanation of Principle*. 

 II. Description of various Boles and Formulae of Use in Determining the 



Qualities of a Yacht. 

 III. Application of the Foregoing Boles. 



; of Shifting and RemovingWeights on Stability ; the Longitudinal 

 tre; Alteration of Trim ; Pitching and Scending, and Rolling. 

 VI. Power to Carry Sail; the Impulse of the Wind as a Propelling Power; 



Table of Velocity and Pressure of Winds. 



VII. Besistance to Vessels moving in Water; Stream Lines; the Wave-line 

 Theory ; Relative Lengths of Forebody and Afterbody for Speed in Knots 

 per Hoar. 

 VIII. Surface Friction; Calculation of the Immersed Surface; the Immersed 



Surface in Relation to Lateral Resistance. 

 IX. Value of the Wave-line Theory ; the Forebody ; the Afterbody ; Form, Area, 



and position of the Midship section. 

 X. Nystrom's System of Parabolic Construction. 

 XI. Calculation of Probable Speed. 

 XII. Construction Drawing. 

 XIII. Laying Off; TakingOff. 

 XI V. Ballast and Spars. 

 XV. Resistance Experiments with Models. 

 Appendix. 



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