The Boat Data Book 8th Edition

"... tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping."--Provided by publisher.

Ian Nicolson started collecting data about boats from his father and grandfather when he was still at school. After his apprenticeship as a naval architect he joined A Mylne & Co, where he has been a senior partner since 1979. Ian Nicolson has built a large number of boats himself and owns a race winning Sigma 33. He has written over 20 books on nautical subjects, many of them published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Introduction 1. Boat Equipment 2. Materials 3. Fastenings 4. Spars and Rigging 5. Engines, Power and Electrics 6. Design 7. Tables and Formulae