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Old 05-15-2007, 11:07 PM
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Yacht Design ratios

Sometime ago I came across a website explaining the various ratios such as Sa/Displ, LWL/Displ etc and the range of results per type of boat, which I cann't find now. Can anyone help?

What formula & units are used for these ratios?
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http://www.sailingusa.info/design_winds.htm
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Old 05-18-2007, 06:36 PM
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I like this one, even if he doesn't use the metric system :-)

"Ted Brewer Presents A Primer on Yacht Design,
The Numbers (More Than You Ever Wanted To Know!)
(And please don't ask me what the Metric equivalents are!)"

http://www.tedbrewer.com/yachtdesign.html
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