Absolute beginner

[Arslan]

Hello,

My name is Arslan and I am apsolutely and unfamiliar to boatbuilding and design. In the same time I have been sailing for the past few years and have developed a dream of making mz own ship to sail around the globe. Scince I dont know even where to begin with i decided to stat bz researching this field on the net hoping to get a solid start. For me this is a determined life long project and any help would be very apreciated

Thanks

[Skippy]

Hi Arslan. How's life over there these days?

There are book recommendations in these threads:
Confused about Designing a Hull & "Principles of Yacht Design" (http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?p=43010)
Need reading material and assistance for an amateur with a serious interest! (http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?p=42561)

Also pages on the internet:
Ted Brewer Presents A Primer on Yacht Design (http://www.tedbrewer.com/yachtdesign.html)
Technical Resources here on BD.net (http://boatdesign.net/directory/Technical_Resources/)
The Rules (http://home.clara.net/gmatkin/therules.htm)

[Arslan]

Skippy,

Thanks a lot. I will check these out. Life here is geting back normal though everybody is complaining - but thats everywhere, right? :)