Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats     

Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats How to Evaluate Design, Construction, and Performance.

The clearest, simplest description of how and why boats work anyone has ever written.--Dean Travis Clarke, Sport Fishing Magazine

The all-in-one guide that gives you the know-how of a boat designer and the market savvy of a broker.

The first part of Sorensens Guide to Powerboats discusses the theory, engineering, and practice underlying good powerboat design, including hull form, seaworthiness, construction methods and materials, propulsion and steering systems, topside safety, helm station ergonomics, and
accommodations. In the second part, Sorensen applies theory to reality, and provides reviews of representative fresh- and saltwater boats, giving you the tools you need to assess design, construction, performance, comfort, and safety. Sorensens Guide to Powerboats will help you become an expert judge of a boat.

A solid, thorough look at powerboats. Eric Sorensen provides practical, real-world examples to illustrate the theories behind hull design and propulsion. Valuable to anyone in the market for a powerboat, new or used.--Bill Sisson, editor, Soundings magazine

An excellent resource for the powerboat owner. Sorensen helps you understand how powerboats tick, from the 17-foot runabout to the 75-foot motor yacht.--Christopher Landry, editor, Powerboat Reports

An exhaustive and informative look at powerboat design.--Winn Willard, president, Hunt Yachts Inc.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. How Boats Work
1. Introduction
2. Seaworthiness and Other Mysteries
3. Displacement and Semidisplacement Hulls
4. Planing Hulls
5. The Power Catamaran
6. Construction with Fiberglass and Cold-Molded Wood
7. Aluminum and Steel Construction
8. Propulsion Systems
9. Rudders and Steering Systems
10. Engine Rooms and Outboard Systems
11. Pilothouse and Bridge Design and Ergonomics
12. Topside Safety
13. Accommodations
14. Finding Your Next Boat
Part 2. Boat Reviews
So Many Boats: A Market Survey
Freshwater Boats
Bass Boats
Bowriders
Cuddies
Deck Boats
Multipurpose Boats
Personal Watercraft and Sport Boats
Pontoon Boats
Ski Boats
Wakeboarding Boats
Walleye Boats
Flats Boats
Catamarans
Rigid Inflatable Boats
Center Consoles
Walkarounds
Dual Consoles
Maine-Style Bass Boats and Cruisers
Express Cruisers
Open/Hardtop Sportfisherman
Convertibles
Sedans and Hardtops
Pilothouse Motor Yachts
Aft-Cabin Motor Yachts
Trawlers
Other Yachts: Marine Medleys
Go-Fasts

Author Biography

Eric Sorensen has been on the water since the 1960s in all manner of commercial, pleasure, coast guard, and navy vessels. Eric is the founder of Sorensen Associates, a Cape Cod - based
consulting firm specializing in analyzing pleasure boat and yacht design, construction, performance, and safety. His boat reviews and articles have appeared in many major consumer and trade
boating publications, including Boating, Power and Motoryacht, Professional BoatBuilder, WoodenBoat, Yachting, and Yachts International.