NEW! This is the NEW 'Second Edition', complete re-write of the well-known STBD book, by renowned powerboat designer, builder, author and race-driver, Jim Russell. This new SE edition has lots of new information, with over 250 pages, and over 275 pictures!
Learn how to design or modify and setup your own tunnel boat, power cat, or modified vee hull for all Recreation, Performance hulls, commercial catamarans, sport tunnels, offshore cats, OPC racers, fishing/utility boats, whitewater jets, UIM & APBA racing hulls, even RC performance models (not just for racing applications!)
The original STBD was uniquely filled with design principles and 'The How's and Whys of Tunnel Hull and Catamaran Performance'. This new SE edition has expanded every element with more information, more pictures, more examples, more 'secrets'.
STBD-SE introduces an extensive 'History of Tunnel Boat Design'; an organized explanation 'Design of Tunnel Boats'; and step-by-step calculations for performance results and real-life examples for three familiar styles of tunnel boats. This SE edition also includes 'History of Modified Tunnel Hull (Mod VP) design', 'Centerpod design', 'Step Design', 'Dynamic Stability', 'Design of Propellers', 'Speed prediction'. The book includes the 'Ten Steps To Performance Powerboat Design'. (The ten steps range from layout design dimensions, calculating lift and drag, power calculations, and stability). All outlining how they have impacted performance powerboat and tunnel boat designs. This book even includes examples of performance calculations that you can do yourself for any hull design.
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