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I ran across this school that offers a course program in Naval Architecture/Yacht Design. It looks very interesting. What is your take on it? Here is the site:

MacNaughton Yacht Design School

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I've seen those courses. Can't really offer opinion without having taken them.

But I will say that I've e-mailed Tom MacNaughton quite a bit these last couple of weeks. He seems very knowledgable about wooden boat design/building and is a very friendly person. Site says he's versed in other materials but I've only discussed wooden boats with him.

I bought a couple of his publications and they are very straightforward and easy to follow.

Can't offer intelligent opinion about their design quality. Some look a little funky to me but different strokes for different folks. :wink:

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If you are serious about yacht design, take the Westlawn course.
Mac Naugthon is OK but, while quite good at designing heavy wooden boats, I don't think you will learn much about modern materials and methods with his school.
Westlawn's new director is Dave Gerr.
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Thanks for the info. The Westlawn course does look to be better. I am just pondering the notion of learning more about the subject. It looks to be very interesting, and could be a fun way to use my engineering degree, while making a little money on the side.

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Do any of you know the approximate values for the tensile, compressive, and shear strength in a typical glass over plywood joint?

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Cvlngineer,

Do a Google search for "Recreational Marine Industry". There are enough tech. subjects on epoxy, foam core , etc. related, to satisfy even the most avid boat builder/engineer.

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cvlngineer wrote:Do any of you know the approximate values for the tensile, compressive, and shear strength in a typical glass over plywood joint?

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You mean the properties of that sandwich?
You are not going to find that in any book. There are several ways to get those figures:
- calculate the laminate stack from scratch. You will be left with a pure theoritical value that has little to do with what you can produce in the real world.
- test samples in a lab as we did 12 years ago
- make you own testing equipment, we still do that:
http://bateau2.com/content/view/95/28/
That page shows only one test, not show is a peel test and a fatigue test done with an excentric wheel.
You will find values for more traditional materials in engineering books or in this book:
http://www.boatplans-online.com/proddet ... rod=BFP001
There is also :
marinecomposites.com

Start with the book. It is a great introduction to yacht design.
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