Yacht design handbook

Indice
Foreword
Acknowledgements
The hull design
(Abstract; The first moves)
The planning hulls
(Abstract; The reference network; The main hull lines; Some hints of hydrostatics; The ship's weights; The "rule of the thumb"; A short preliminary check; More sections; Managing the hull shape; Flank ahead)
The displacing hull
(Abstract; The hull lines; A short preliminary calculation; The weight modifications; Back to the drawing; The decks)
The mathematics of the hull
(The displacement; The comparison coefficients; The unitary displacement)
Stability
(The centre of gravity; The transverse metacentric height; The effects of the transverse metacentric height; The stability; The inclining experiment; The longitudinal metacentric height)
The propulsion
(The fixed pitch propeller; The pitch; The slip; The pitch calculation; The diameter calculation; The cavitation; The As/Ad ratio; The clearance; The shaft line; The stern tunnels; The controllable pitch propeller; The jet propulsion)
Rudder
(The rudder effect; A design guideline; The rudder machine)
The building materials
(Abstract; The wood; The light alloy; The steel; The fiberglass; The ferrocement; The fairing and the painting)
The engine room
(The main engines (MMEE); The gases exhaust line; The comburent; The ventilation trunks; Cooling water; The gen sets; The control room; More machineries and arrangement)
The plants
(Abstract; The pumps; The bilges drain; The fresh water; The deck washing; The firefighting; The fuel supply; The black waters; The electric plant; The air conditioning; The lockers ventilation)
The tonnage
The mooring manoeuvres
(Abstract; The equipment number; The chain; The anchor; The roadstead mooring; The windlass; The hawse pipe; The cleats and fairleads; The capstans)
The classification Registers
The general arrangement plan
(Pinpoint the design parameters; The general arrangement plan; The lower deck layout; Is the arrangement aboard?; The main deck layout; Hints of ergonomics)
The executive plans
(The feasible drawings and the essential information; The specifications and the bill of quantities; The owner's cabin; The guests' cabins; The toilets; The crew quarters; The kitchen; The pilothouse; The sitting room)
The details and the tricks
(The differences from the household furniture; The doors; The natural lighting; The artificial lighting; The shower; The bathroom appliances; The curtains; The mirrors; The plugs and the sockets; The ceilings; The floors; The sofas and the armchairs)
The furniture materials
(The marine plywood; The solid wood; The briar; The types of wood; The stonework; The fabrics; The leather; The leather imitation; The paint)
The deck arrangement
(The aft cockpit; The sunbathing areas; The Fly bridge)
The safety on board
(The emergency escapes; The life rafts and the life jackets)
The design for all
(The design for all: a call for ethics)
The refit
(The refit of an old vessel)
The drafting
(The drawings dimensions; The drawings scale)
The survey, the management and the sea trials
Digest of Massimo's principles
Conversion Table
Bibliography.