The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders Designers and Owners

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"This work is significant. It is the first to include a method of assessing structural strength in the context of the modern marine environment."--Commander M. C. Cruder U.S. Coast Guard Acclaimed author and naval architect Dave Gerr created this unique system of easy-to-use scantling rules and rules-of-thumb for calculating the necessary dimensions or scantlings of hulls decks and other boat parts whether built of fiberglass wood wood-epoxy composite steel or aluminum. In addition to the rules themselves The Elements of Boat Strength offers their context: an in-depth plain-English discussion of boatbuilding materials methods and practices that will guide you through all aspects of boat construction. Now you can avoid wading through dense technical engineering manuals or tackling advanced mathematics. The Elements of Boat Strength has all the formulas tables illustrations and charts you need to judge how heavy each piece of your boat should be in order to last and be safe. With this book an inexpensive scientific calculator and a pad of paper youll be able to design and specify all the components necessary to build a sound long-lasting rugged vessel. What reviewers have said about Dave Gerrs books: Propeller Handbook "By far the best book available on the subject."--Sailing "The best laymans guide weve ever read."--Practical Sailor Dave Gerr and International Marine made a complicated topic understandable and put it into a handbook that is easy to use."--WoodenBoat "Without doubt the definitive reference for selecting installing and understanding boat propellers."--Royal Navy Sailing Association Journal The Nature of Boats "If you are not nautically obsessed before reading this book you will most certainly be afterward."--Sailing Fascinating potpourri of information about todays boats modern and traditional."--WoodenBoat