Best Books on Yacht Design and Constructions

[toolarts]

Could someone please recommend some good books on Yacht Design and Construction? I want to learn more about how my boat is built and how to improve it.

It would be great if they covered such things as fiberglass construction, wood construction, design and construction of bowsprits, boomkins, rigs, bobstays, anchor points, and strength of hull, flexing, etc.

Thanks very much, sorry if the question has been posted before.

Paul

 

[yachtie8]

Skene's Elements of Yacht Design is the classic book, Larsson and eliasson's Principals of yacht design should provide good starting points.