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Much of the information on motion and hull form that I am aware of comes out of papers presented at sailing symposiums that I have attended or from discussions that I have had with researchers and yacht designers. Ted Brewer's book and articles were very good when they were first published, and even though certain aspects have been updated, by Ted Brewer's own admission he has not looked at the yacht design theory that has emerged in the IMS/IRC era.
The same is true of the Principles of Yacht Design which is an excellent text and reflects much of the best of the late IOR and very early IMS thinking. I have not read the latest version, other than to scan through a copy, but my sense is that the revisions in the 3rd edition are valuable, they are not as comprehensive when it comes to issues like the one that we are discussing.
Jeff
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