Principles of Yacht Design Lars Larsson, Rolf Eliasson
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Principles of Yacht Design is both comprehensible to amateurs and comprehensive for professionals. Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question "Why design?" Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not. In fact our designers call it 'yacht line design,'” said Balmer. I have been trying for many years to find time to publish a book on my writings about the principles of yacht design. James Wharram, catamaran designer who I met 1963. Cruising Sailboat Kinetics by Danny Greene N.A. Hannicke Boon, catamaran designer. €Principles of Yacht Design” has now established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners and the boatbuilding industry as a whole. Inspired no doubt by the sleek and mesmeric form of the deadly sting ray, the Xi Luxury Yacht Concept by Aguila Design is one of those machines that redefine what the higher end of rest & recreation vehicles look like. €Our cars follow similar principles to yacht design. Lars Larsson professor in fluid dynamics and author of “Principles of yacht design” I met him 1969. Designed as an offshore race boat and optimised for mostly light air and downwind racing under the IRC rule, Ptarmigan is described as a 'comfortable' race boat, using leading edge design principles to gain an edge.