"Enzo Hung" wrote in message
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Anyone heard of West Lawn Yacht Design Diploma? Is this school any good?

It's pretty widely respected among boat builders/manufacturers. However if
you want to get a job designing yachts, a better way is an engineering
degree, either in Mechanical, Aero/Hydrodynamics, or Naval Architecture.

Read the "advice for students" here www.farrdesign.com to get a different
perspective.
(I used to work there) We had people with no formal training
(Bruce/Graham), people with limited technical backgrounds (Pat & Mick),
people like me with a Mech Eng degree and others with Masters or PHD's in
Aerodynamics or Naval Architecture. Recent hirings have all had a technical
background.

I think the schools with the best reputation for Naval Architecture programs
are (in no particular order) MIT, UC Berkley, Memorial University
Newfoundland, and Southampton. 20 or 10 years ago I would have said that
Westlawn was well regarded but I think that most yacht designers look for an
engineering background these days.


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