"Enzo Hung" wrote in message
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Right, but actually I am a Mechanical Engineer myself. I'm thinking of
taking that Westlawn Yacht design is because I want to get a better
understanding on design and building process for my current job. Do you
think it's worth the money to do that??? Since I won't have time to go to
school and West Lawn offer correspondence course which I don't have to
attend any classes. What do you think???

It's hard to say - I took 6 N.A. courses as part of my M.E. degree. A fair
bit was applicable to large ships only. For the money and time I would say
Westlawn is overkill for an ME. A bunch of good books would go a long way
to gaining you all the understanding you need. Suggestions:

- Skene's Elements of Yacht Design (a classic that still contains a lot of
useful information
- Dave Gerr's propeller book (not the exact title - excellent for prop
design)
- Principles of Yacht Design - Lars Larsson, Rolf Eliasson ( a sort of
modern day update of Skenes)
- Understanding Boat Design - Ted Brewer ( a good first text)

these would be a good start but there's a lot you can get from a library.


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