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I am sure that Mr. Teale is great at designing boats, and he knows exactly what he is talking about. I found the book (as a beginner) to be non-understandable. It reminded me of my High School Physics teacher. He knew his subject and he understood everything he was talking about, but everything was way over the students heads and he could not understand why we did not understand his explanations. That is how I feel about this book. He refers to calculations and charts and graphs with no understandable explanation as to what you are looking at. I must be fair and say I only made it through the first 3 chapters because the deeper I got into the book, the more I realized how far it was over my head. Definitely not for the beginner who is looking for instruction on boat design. I will continue to look further to other books on boat design, maybe someone out there knows how to talk to a beginner. Perhaps later when I learn more about this subject, I will pick this book up and try again.
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Was a gift not sure if it's liked and i particulary don't care if he likes it cause if do not like him.
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Good, but scanty in detail. Gives you an adequate overview of the subject but lacks sufficient detail to be of much practical use.
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Excellent step by step technical approach - with a good practical balance to the engineering issues.
Being a complete novice I would like to see a visual of the hull with all features named to ease reference.
I look forward to another read!
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I have accumulated a lot of boat books over the years, mainly on building and design. I really love this book. Mr Teale gives you a concise course on how to design a conventional boat. He doesn't try to turn you into a naval engineer in this little book, he just gives you enough info with no guff and not too much jargon.
What this book will let you do is understand the desisions taken by designers, understand what people are saying when they talk about boat technicalities, and if you want to it'll show you how to design a conventional yacht or motor boat.
If I have one complaint I'd have liked a bit more on multihulls, which are my particular interest.
The book is small, and cheap. I'm an engineer and I have struggled with the bulk information in some of the more comprehensive books. This one isn't as detailed but it has the important stuff and I'd say most people could follow it.
Really good!
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