who wrote this article?

I have a 1963 edition of Lindsey Lord's book Naval Architect of Planing Hulls. Tucked into the pages is a copy of an artcle titled "Recent Trends in Planing" There is no authors name or the name of the publication. No date either, but from the photos of a Huckins Offshore 48, and a Berger 53 I would guess it was late 40's or early 50's. From the article I would guess it was written by a Naval Architect or a really experienced designer. I think it would have been published in a professional publication, such as SNAME.

The writer talks a lot about speed/length ratios and horsepower to boat weight ratios. But from the tone of it I would guess it was written in the 50s, but definitely before the boat building industry turned to fiberglass. He does not mention fiberglass at all.

 

Barry: Thanks for the reply: I have had a copy of this book since the 70's. An original copy. First edition. I loaned it to Peter Ball, who then loaned it to someone else, And I never saw it again. After much searching I found a copy in a bookstore in Port Townsend (A really great used book store, William James Bookseller. If you're ever in Port Townsend for any reason, this is a must visit as well as the Wooden Boat Foundation Library. ) This article was just a copy left in the book along with some notes on yellow lined paper, by, I assume, the previous owner of the book. Unfortunately this person lives in Canada so I have not been able to contact him.

 

Post the article.

Chat GPT or another AI might help pin things better.

• Daniel Savitsky (big name in planing hull theory)
• Lindsay Lord (Naval Architecture of Planing Hulls)
• George Crouch
• Clement / Pope (DTMB reports)

 

Maybe it helps when you post the article so others might read and recognize it..

 

Good list. Add maybe Huckins himeself....and there's George Huet...

 

Yes. I use that and it is creepy I am amazed. Searches every nook and cranny you have no place to hide. Very accurate and most false claims can easily be verified. Co Pilot is also good. Not much with Google AI.

 

In case of .... I have a photocopy of an article of Jim Stoltz named "What about porpoising" which looks coming from the 40-50 era, here attached in 4 pages. He is also author of a book edited in 1963 : "How to design planing hulls" :
How to Design Planing Hulls: Basic Principles Underlying Performance of ... - Jim Stoltz - Google Livres
How To Design Planing Hulls Volume 49 Motor Boating Ideal Series par Stoltz, Jim, and Joseph Koelbel, John Beinert: Very good wraps (1963) First Edition. | Old New York Book Shop, ABAA
He also wrote a serie of 5 articles in 1956 , one of them being "Fundamental design of stepless planing hulls"

 

Here is the article. In https://newboatbuilders.com/pdf/EPSON001.PDF,
https://newboatbuilders.com/pdf/EPSON002.PDF
https://newboatbuilders.com/pdf/EPSON003.PDF, https://newboatbuilders.com/pdf/EPSON004.PDF

 

Chat GPT analyzed the writer’s style and known naval architects of the era and interest in planing hulls and reports 80-90% confidence the author is Lindsay Lord. Used page 4 only.

 

Makes sense - Lord worked with Huckins during WWII and later. The Huckins PT boat was one of Lord's designs. The good news is that Huckins is still around and they have preserved a lot of their history. They would probably have a lot of Lord's pubs from that time.

 

Thanks