Sailboat Design Ratios

**GordMay** · 26-08-2004, 03:39

See the excellent tutorial from Ted Brewer:

Ted Brewer Presents A Primer on Yacht Design
The Numbers (More Than You Ever Wanted To Know!)
at: http://www.tedbrewer.com/yachtdesign.html

and more:

Sailboat Design Ratios by Dan Pfeiffer
http://dan.pfeiffer.net/boat/ratios.htm

Sailboat Design and Stability (/w online calculators)
http://www.sailingusa.info/design_winds.htm

Desin Notes by Steve Dashew (Click on indexed topics)
http://www.setsail.com/dashew/do_design.html
such as:
Stability and Comfort Design Factors by Steve Dashew
http://www.setsail.com/dashew/dashew215.html
Capsize Resistance
http://www.setsail.com/dashew/capsize.html

Understanding the Numbers - Basic design formulas for sailboats by Roger Marshall
http://www.boats.com/

**GordMay** · 17-08-2005, 12:50

Is your boat stable? ~ by Ted Brewer
from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 3, Number 2, March/April 2000
http://www.boatus.com/goodoldboat/stability.htm

Top designer Ted Brewer explains stability and how it affects safety and speed.

DeepFrz · 28-11-2006, 20:16

Elements of Boat Strength, by Dave Gerr

Weyalan · 28-11-2006, 21:41

Great links Gord... interesting stuff

26-08-2004, 03:39	#1
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,455 Images: 232	Sailboat Design Ratios See the excellent tutorial from Ted Brewer: Ted Brewer Presents A Primer on Yacht Design The Numbers (More Than You Ever Wanted To Know!) at: http://www.tedbrewer.com/yachtdesign.html and more: Sailboat Design Ratios by Dan Pfeiffer http://dan.pfeiffer.net/boat/ratios.htm Sailboat Design and Stability (/w online calculators) http://www.sailingusa.info/design_winds.htm Desin Notes by Steve Dashew (Click on indexed topics) http://www.setsail.com/dashew/do_design.html such as: Stability and Comfort Design Factors by Steve Dashew http://www.setsail.com/dashew/dashew215.html Capsize Resistance http://www.setsail.com/dashew/capsize.html Understanding the Numbers - Basic design formulas for sailboats by Roger Marshall http://www.boats.com/ __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

17-08-2005, 12:50	#2
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,455 Images: 232	Stability Is your boat stable? ~ by Ted Brewer from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 3, Number 2, March/April 2000 http://www.boatus.com/goodoldboat/stability.htm Top designer Ted Brewer explains stability and how it affects safety and speed. __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

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