The book Elements of Yacht Design was written by author Skene, Norman L. (Norman Locke), 1878-1932 Here you can read free online of Elements of Yacht Design book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Elements of Yacht Design a good or bad book?
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' ~LWLXPC The form of the curve of areas is a matter of considerable significance, as it shows the manner in which the displacement is distributed longi- tudinally. A design may be perfectly fair and sweet yet have an undesir- able distribution of the displacement as revealed by the area curve. The ELEMENTS OF YACHT DESIGN 21 form of the curve has undoubtedly great influence on the wave-making resistance and should of course be that of least resistance for a given displacement and speed. Accord...ing to the wave-form theory as pro- posed by Colin Archer in 1877, the curve should take the form of a wave line. A discussion of resistance and the wave-form theory would not accord with the purpose of this book, and the application of the theory to j-acht design will simply be given. The wave form theory requires the curve of areas to be a curve of versed sines for the forebody or .6 of L. W. L. and a trochoid for the afterbody. The length of forebody in well- formed )^achts is generally between 54 and 58 per cent, of the water-Hne length, that is.
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