13.734 Sailing Yacht Design, Fall 2003

Milgram, Jerome H.

Author(s)

Milgram, Jerome H.

Download13-734Fall2003/OcwWeb/Ocean-Engineering/13-734Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm (15.10Kb)

Alternative title

Sailing Yacht Design

Terms of use

Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions.

Metadata

Show full item record

Abstract

This subject teaches students, having an initial interest in sailing design, how to design good yachts. Topics covered include hydrostatics, transverse stability, and the incorporation of the design spiral into one's working methods. Computer aided design (CAD) is used to design the shapes of hulls, appendages and decks, and is an important part of this course. The capstone project in this course is the Final Design Project in which each student designs a sailing yacht, complete in all major respects. The central material for this subject is the content of the book Principals of Yacht Design by Larssson and Eliasson (see further description in the syllabus). All the class lectures are based on the material in this book. The figures in the book which are shown in class (but not reproduced on this site), contain the essential material and their meaning is explained in detail during the lecture sessions. Mastery of the material in the book and completing a design project provides the desired and needed education.

Date issued

2003-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36874

Other identifiers

13.734-Fall2003

local: 13.734

local: IMSCP-MD5-94dc83fd83d3a6b19974b48aa982d093

Keywords

sailing design, yacht design, hydrostatics, transverse stability, design spiral, CAD, hulls, appendages, decks, 13.734, 2.996, Yachts -- Design and construction.

Collections

Ocean Engineering (13) - Archived