Yacht Design School – Bibliography
This is a list of recommended books. Only Skene's Elements of Yacht Design and a few others indicated on the updated list sent with Lesson One are essential for the course. Unfortunately it and some others are out of print. If you cannot find copies of Skene's easily through the on line booksellers or an auction site we can get you a copy. The in print books are available through our Fore and Aft Publications. Usually you can get them less expensively from the used book people than from us. We recommend buying these as you can and adding them to your library. You will be glad you did.
| Author | Title | Publisher | Address |
| Atkin, William | Of Yachts and Men | ||
| Avallone & Baumeister | Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers | McGraw-Hill | New York, New York |
| Bolger, Phillip | [various] | International Marine Publishing Co. | Camden, Maine |
| Bowker and Budd | Make Your Own Sails | ||
| Brewer, Edward S. | Understanding Boat Design | International Marine Publishing Co. | Camden, Maine |
| Chapelle, Howard I. | Yacht Designing and Planning | W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. | New York, New York |
| Chapelle, Howard I. | Boatbuilding | W.W. Norton | New York, New York |
| Charrette Co. | Charrette Catalog | Charrette | Woburn, Massachusetts |
| Colvin, Thomas | Steel Boatbuilding | Tiller Publishing (or used: International Marine Publishing Co.) | St. Michaels, Maryland |
| Garden, William | Yacht Designs | International Marine Publishing Co. | Camden, Maine |
| Garden, William | Yacht Designs II | International Marine Publishing | Camden, Maine |
| Gibbs and Cox | Marine Survey Manual for Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics | Gibbs & Cox, Inc. | |
| Glazer Steel and Aluminum | Metal Shapes Guide | Glazer Steel and Aluminum | Louisiana |
| Gougeon Brothers, Inc. | Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction | Gougeon Brothers, Inc. | Bay City, Michigan |
| Hamlin, Cyrus | Preliminary Design of Boats and Ships | Cornell Maritime Press | Centreville, Maryland |
| Hendricks, Richard | John Alden | International Marine Publishing | Camden, Maine |
| Herreshoff, L. Francis | Nathanial Herreshoff, The Wizard of Bristol | ||
| Herreshoff, L. Francis | Sensible Cruising Designs | International Marine Publishing Co. | Camden, Maine |
| Herreshoff, L. Francis | Common Sense of Yacht Design | Tiller Publishing (used: Caravan) | St. Michaels, Maryland |
| Hollmann, Martin | Composite Aircraft Design | Aircraft Designs, Inc. | Monterey, California |
| Hollmann, Martin | Designing With Core | Aircraft Designs, Inc. | Monterey, California |
| Hollmann, Martin | Modern Aircraft Design - Volume 1 | Aircraft Designs, Inc. | Monterey, California |
| Kinney, Francis S. (ed.) | Skene's Elements of Yacht Design | Dodd Mead | New York, New York |
| Klingel, Gilbert | Steel Boatbuilding | International Marine Publishing Co. | Camden, Maine |
| Letcher, John S. | Self-Steering | International Marine Publishing | Camden, Maine |
| MacNaughton Associates, Inc. | Scantlings Rule Book | MacNaughton Associates, Inc | Eastport, Maine |
| Marchaj, C.A. | Seaworthiness, the forgotten factor | Tiller Publishing (used: International Marine Publishing Co.) | Camden, Maine |
| Marchaj, C.A. | Aero-Hydrodynamics of Sailing | Dodd, Mead | New York |
| Hasler & McLeod | Practical Junk Rig | Tiller Publishing | St. Michaels, Maryland |
| Nicholson, Ian | Surveying Small Craft | International Marine Publishing | Camden, Maine |
| Steward, Robert M. | Boatbuilding Manual | International Marine Publishing | Camden, Maine |
| Strunk and White | Elements of Style | ||
| Ungar, Joseph | Rendering in Mixed Media | Watson-Guptil Publications | New York, New York |
| WoodenBoat Publications | Professional Boatbuilder | WoodenBoat Publications | Brooklin, Maine |
| WoodenBoat Publications | WoodenBoat Magazine | WoodenBoat Publications | Brooklin, Maine |