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	The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders, Designers, and Owners In association with Amazon.com by: Dave Gerr List Price: $34.95 Amazon.com's Price: $23.07 You Save: $11.88 (34%) as of 11/20/2009 15:32 EST Used Price: $14.85 Third Party New Price: $18.70 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 623.817 EAN: 9780070231597 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0070231591 Label: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: August 10, 1999 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Studio: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Related Items: The Propeller Handbook: The Complete Reference for Choosing, Installing, and Understanding Boat Propellers Understanding Boat Design The Nature of Boats: Insights and Esoterica for the Nautically Obsessed Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook: How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats Principles of Yacht Design see more Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "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, you'll be able to design and specify all the components necessary to build a sound, long-lasting, rugged vessel. What reviewers have said about Dave Gerr's books: Propeller Handbook "By far the best book available on the subject."--Sailing "The best layman's guide we've 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 today's boats, modern and traditional."--WoodenBoat Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Dave will make smart designers of us all! If yer gonna go designing boats, his book, The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders, Designers, and Owners, should be on your shelf. And if what you design is going to be pushed by a propeller, you'll want his Propeller Handbook, too. Rating: - Delivers the goods As a degreed aerospace engineer, I've used the formula's in this book to easily calculate the scantlings for aluminum hulls from 14' to 30' in length, without exhaustive structural calculations or the need for finite element analysis software. Properly applied, you can build your boat with confidence that it will perform safely in the operating limits described. Are there other ways to calculate scantlings? Absolutely! But if you want "rule of thumb" formulas that are reliable when confined within ... Read More Rating: - Read every word! Great book! This book was just what I needed, while making boat repairs and contemplating my next purchase (or perhaps build). With an undergraduate degree in Ocean Engineering with a couple of naval architecture courses under my belt, I really needed a professional's common sense, savvy discussion of boat design. With each page read I visualized the different construction details seen at boat shows and on friend's boats, I can trace failures observed back to the discussions. Read More Rating: - Already applied it As an amateur boat builder, it helped me a lot to understand the subject. After finishing this book, now it is much easier for me to understand the class rules. It already paid back, since it made me realize a mistake on the number and thickness of the scantlings on my friend's boat. Rating: - Not bad Gerr starts this book with the calculation of a "scantling number." This number is essentially based off the length, width and height of the vessel. He then applies this number to several charts thoughout the book to give "rule of thumb" values on the proper dimensions of the scantlings (hull plating, stiffeners, beams, etc.) for the vessel in question. Overall this book should be useful to the home boat builder. The math in the book is simple and the values obtained from the book seem reasonable ... Read More see more		Boat Design.Net Design Award Top Rated Sites Most Popular Sites What's New Boat Plans Books Designers Boatbuilders Materials Powerboats Catamarans Propulsion Sailboats Multihulls Software Resources Random Site My Links Gallery Forums Search
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