Surveys trends in yacht design, discusses safety, modern construction techniques, spars, rigging, sails, and auxiliary equipment, and describes five good boats.

850 years of sailing experience and more than 750,000 miles of blue-water voyaging and racing have gone into this book!

Jim Howard has cruised the great oceans of the world for over 25 years, often single-handed.

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