Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat own

Norman L. Skene was one of America's foremost yacht designer. Maynard Bray is a maritime historian.

For new boating enthusiasts--even if they've been at it awhile--there are scores of burning questions. If one boat has a round bottom and another's is veed, wha